Our leadership

In many parts of the world, professional services firms are required by law to be locally owned and independent. The Grant Thornton network consists of firms which are separate legal entities. The Grant Thornton network is not a global partnership, global firm or multinational corporation.   

Firms in the Grant Thornton network are members of Grant Thornton International Ltd (GTIL), an English private company limited by guarantee. GTIL does not provide services to clients. Its purpose is to act as a coordinating entity for member firms in the Grant Thornton network. In this role, GTIL convenes member firms to develop strategy for the network, monitors and enforces membership standards and provides certain services to its member firms.

GTIL’s global executive team develops and implements policies for the network and more detail on this can be found in GTIL’s transparency report. Member firms of GTIL can use the Grant Thornton name and network resources and methodologies.

Many member firms have legally registered names which contain ‘Grant Thornton’. However, there is no ownership of any member firm by GTIL. Nor do the member firms own GTIL. GTIL and its member firms are not agents of, and do not obligate, one another and are not liable for one another’s acts or omissions.

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