Terry Neill (Accenture)

Terry Neill (1945)

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Terry Neill was born in Belfast and grew up in Bangor, County Down. He attended Bangor Grammar School, where he was Head Boy and won School Colours for Rugby and Cricket. He played cricket for the Ulster Schools in 1962, 63 & 64. He played of the Schools of Ireland in 1963 and 1964.

He won an Entrance Scholarship to Trinity College Dublin in 1964. At Trinity he studied Maths & Physics. He won Cricket colours and was elected a Knight of the Campanile.

After Trinity he took a 2 year Masters at London Business School.

Between 1970 and 2001, Neill worked at Arthur Andersen and its successors Andersen Worldwide and Accenture in Dublin, London and Chicago.[2]

Neill was a non-executive director of CRH plc and Bank of Ireland Group from 2004. In September 2009, he became a member of the board of United Business Media (UBM) plc.

In April 2022, Terry Neill was awarded an honorary doctorate (D.Litt) by the University of Dublin Trinity College.

The citation read "Terry Neill (Litt.D.) Terry Neill has combined a distinguished international professional career with a commitment to Trinity since he graduated with a BA and then MA (Mathematics & Physics). He has a Master’s degree from London Business School, where he was also a Governor for 13 years. His 30 years with Andersen Worldwide/Accenture were spent in Dublin, Chicago and London. He was chair of the worldwide board of Andersen/Accenture and global managing partner of Accenture’s change management practice. He is a contributing author to Harvard’s book: “Breaking the Code of Change”. Since returning to Ireland in 2004, he has been a Director of CRH plc, Bank of Ireland, UBM plc, IIEA, Camerata Ireland and Wexford Festival Opera. He was chair of Co-operation Ireland in Britain and has made a constant commitment to peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland. Today he works with the leadership team of The Council for the Advancement & Support of Education. CASE’s some 4,000 members include Trinity. Terry is an inaugural member of the Provost’s Cabinet and Provost’s Council; and was a member of the Governing Body of the Trinity Long Room Hub from its inception. Terry Neill has been a passionate advocate for the Arts & Humanities. Over decades he has been generous with his time and support for colleagues in Trinity, and in promoting the impact of their work."

Neill and his wife Marjorie met as undergraduates at Trinity College Dublin,[1] where he obtained his MA. He received his MBA (then an MSc (Econ)) from London Business School in 1970.[3]

Neill was chairman of Co-operation Ireland (GB) from 1993 to 2001, and chairman of Camerata Ireland from 2004 to 2012. In 2014, he became chairman of the National Development Council of Wexford Festival Opera.