Grant Thornton and WVE announce strategic partnership

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Grant Thornton and WVE announce strategic partnership

04 Dec 2024

The partnership will combine Grant Thornton’s technical delivery capability with WVE’s digital leadership and architecture services to deliver a unique offering

Wednesday 4 December, Dublin: Grant Thornton Ireland have today announced a strategic partnership with business technology architecture advisory firm WVE International. The partnership between Grant Thornton and WVE brings together the strengths and expertise of both organisations to provide a comprehensive and innovative professional services offering.

This collaboration will address the current market gap for end-to-end, industry-led, practical advisory services in digital strategies that ultimately integrate business, technology and strategy to serve the client. The blend of services and expertise will give companies access to IT and architecture strategic counsel and an implementation capability across all aspects of technological and digital business transformation. 

WVE has a global footprint of distinguished Business & Technology Architects & senior IT leaders, with over 500+ years of collective IT experience. Through this partnership, organisations can gain access to seasoned CIOs, CTOs, and Chief & Distinguished Architects who provide trusted advisory services tailored to their specific needs.

Grant Thornton’s technical delivery capabilities and technical programme management, in addition to expertise in data analytics, visualisation, system integration, artificial intelligence, automation and more, rounds out the novel offering. This joint offering will provide end-to-end support across various technical domains, ensuring seamless integration and optimisation.

By bringing together proven subject matter experts from across an extensive range of industries, this partnership creates a true cross-sector offering for any organisation seeking strategic digital services.

Grant Thornton and WVE have already successfully won and are working on projects such as a complex senior assurance review of a banking payments strategy; the development and progression of digital strategy for a regulatory body; a technology resilience assurance review for a government department. 

Brian O’Dwyer, Partner and Co-Head of Consulting, Grant Thornton Ireland, said:

“We are very excited about the WVE partnership, having already seen the benefits of our collaboration over the past few months working closely with the WVE leadership team. The WVE network brings a wealth of deep industry specialists with extensive expertise, perfectly complementing Grant Thornton’s strong digital implementation capabilities.

This collaboration combines the best of architecture advisory with practical delivery excellence. I’m looking forward to seeing this collaboration continue to grow.”

Dennis Mulder, CEO, WVE International, said:

“This partnership brings together WVE’s expertise in bridging strategy and execution through industry proven architectural excellence with Grant Thornton’s technical delivery capabilities, creating a truly unique value proposition for our clients. By combining our strengths, we’re empowering organisations to navigate digital transformation with confidence, achieving tangible outcomes that drive long-term success.

To underline our commitment to this partnership, and the importance of Ireland in WVE’s global growth plans, we have already appointed a General Manager for Ireland, David Jones, a seasoned CIO and Chief Architect.

Working closely with Grant Thornton, David will be instrumental in building this partnership in Ireland and internationally, ensuring successful outcomes for WVE and Grant Thornton clients wherever they may be.”

Shane O’Neill, Technology and Digital Consulting Partner, Grant Thornton, added:

"This collaboration will offer an approach that differs from traditional models, by offering a true end-to-end offering. By offering complementary services and skills we can deliver important value-added outcomes for clients.

Through this partnership we will deliver a unique service offering for our clients – bringing expertise together that allows us to solve for any technological problem – from ideation through to implementation and embeddedness. Our shared goal is to bridge the gap between strategy and digital execution, delivering tangible business results for our clients."

ENDS

About Grant Thornton 

Grant Thornton Ireland is a leading global professional services firm with approximately 2,800 people in offices across the island of Ireland, Bermuda, Isle of Man and Gibraltar.

As a member of Grant Thornton International—a global network of more than 73,000 passionate people across more than 149 countries—we bring you the local knowledge, national expertise and global presence to help you and your business succeed, wherever you’re located.

Our tax, audit and advisory teams have decades of experience working with organisations across our key industries—technology, insurance, asset management, banking, life sciences, aviation, and e-money and payments—as well as in the public sector, delivering solutions that help you realise your ambitions and go beyond the expected.

Innovation and continuous improvement lie at the heart of what we do, and we are recognised leaders in sustainability, prioritising resilience and long-term value creation alongside ethical practices and positive social impact. Our people invest the time to truly understand your business, giving real insight and a fresh perspective to help achieve the best outcomes for your business.

For further information visit: www.grantthornton.ie

About WVE International 

WVE (pronounced “weave”) International, headquartered in Amsterdam, Europe, is a global Advisory Services organisation with the aim (just like weaving intertwines threads) to integrate business, technology & strategy by applying architecture excellence.

WVE brings together the best independent certified architects under one brand with a global network of IT Leaders, Chief and Distinguished Architects across multiple industries in more than 10 countries.

They provide experience spanning the full range of Architect roles and technologies applying industry proven techniques and an open-source Body of Knowledge to service delivery.​ WVE is a gold partner of IASA Global, the Professional Body for Business & Technology Architecture.

For more information visit: www.wve.digital

Experts / Authors

Brian O'Dwyer

Brian joined the firm in 2015 and is the current lead of the Consulting team specialising in designing and leading major business transformation programmes.

Shane O'Neill

Shane joined Grant Thornton Ireland in 2021 as Head of Technical Change within the consulting practice, leading large scale enterprise change programs in the banking sector.