Amanda joined Grant Thornton in August 2020 as a Partner in our Consulting team. Prior to joining Grant Thornton Amanda spent 8 years with the Irish branch of an International Nordic Bank finishing in the role of Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this she spent 8 years with a Big Four firm where she worked with the Financial Effectiveness Consulting and Audit divisions.
Amanda led the successful transformation of an International Retail Bank. This involved the fundamental redesign and reorganisation of a full-service ‘live’ Retail Bank incorporating over 450 staff and 220,000 customers, into a business unit responsible for the controlled deleveraging of a €10bn balance sheet and wind-down of operations over a 7-year period.
Amanda brings authentic client-side experience, as demonstrated through her track record of success in the design and delivery of complex, high profile, multi-disciplinary FS programmes including:
As COO, Amanda was highly attuned to C-suite level responsibilities and throughout her time in Danske, she engaged in successful cross-entity governance to achieve a consistent and transparent approach to risks, processes, information and reporting across internal, outsourced and Group functions. She is an excellent stakeholder manager, with the ability to influence and achieve buy-in at all levels, both internally and externally.
Amanda was considered a trusted advisor to the Bank and as such held positions as member of the CCMA Appeals Board, Bank Risk Committee, Management Committee and Group Advisory Forum. She has a track record of achievement in proactively identifying and resolving technical, regulatory and operational risk issues and ensuring the business had a robust compliance and control framework in place. Examples of this included:
