Sectors:
Insurance, Financial ServicesMathew Tierney
Biography
Mathew Tierney is the Global Insurance Practice leader for Grant Thornton Advisors LLC. Tierney maintains offices in both New York City and Philadelphia and oversees the firm’s go-to-market strategy for the insurance industry, which encompasses a full range of audit, assurance, tax and advisory services — and includes creating industry-centric solutions, establishing service delivery teams and ensuring quality execution for the firm’s global accounts.
Previously, Tierney served on Grant Thornton’s Partnership Board as well as on the Global Business Consulting Leadership team for Grant Thornton International Ltd. While serving on the Partnership Board of Grant Thornton, Tierney and his fellow board members helped navigate one of the largest investments in the professional services sector with an outside investment from a leading private equity firm.
Earlier in his career, Tierney was an Advisory Leader with the firm Smart LLP, where he focused on the Insurance Industry and spent time working in Bermuda, London and Germany. Smart was acquired by Grant Thornton in 2011.
Tierney currently sits on the Board of the Society of Insurance Financial Management and donates his time to local athletic organizations in his New Jersey community. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Widener University and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Executive Leadership Program.
Area of Expertise
Mathew Tierney is the Global Insurance Practice leader for Grant Thornton Advisors LLC. Tierney maintains offices in both New York City and Philadelphia and oversees the firm’s go-to-market strategy for the insurance industry, which encompasses a full range of audit, assurance, tax and advisory services — and includes creating industry-centric solutions, establishing service delivery teams and ensuring quality execution for the firm’s global accounts.
Previously, Tierney served on Grant Thornton’s Partnership Board as well as on the Global Business Consulting Leadership team for Grant Thornton International Ltd. While serving on the Partnership Board of Grant Thornton, Tierney and his fellow board members helped navigate one of the largest investments in the professional services sector with an outside investment from a leading private equity firm.
Earlier in his career, Tierney was an Advisory Leader with the firm Smart LLP, where he focused on the Insurance Industry and spent time working in Bermuda, London and Germany. Smart was acquired by Grant Thornton in 2011.
Tierney currently sits on the Board of the Society of Insurance Financial Management and donates his time to local athletic organizations in his New Jersey community. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Widener University and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Executive Leadership Program.