Barry Whelan
Partner
Dublin, PwC Ireland (Republic of)
I help clients transform their businesses by digitally reinventing customer and employee experiences and reimagining operational processes. This begins with setting a new vision for organisational performance. I also build globally diverse teams, investing in people and inspiring innovation to solve our clients’ most important problems.
Barry is a Partner in PwC’s Advisory practice. He rejoined PwC, where he began his career, after 21 years as an Executive Partner with IBM Consulting.
With 26 years of cross-industry experience, Barry has collaborated with global and local clients in consumer products, agribusiness, consumer electronics, industrial products, airlines, energy and utilities, and the public sector.
He specialises in helping organisations deliver large-scale, tech-powered business transformations.
"Organisations across all industries face disruptive forces and evolving customer needs. To adapt and excel, they must embrace tech-powered business transformation."
Barry Whelan, PartnerAt a glance
Areas of focus
- Digital strategy
- Enterprise process reinvention
- Enterprise resource planning
- Business transformation
- Application managed services
- Hybrid cloud
- Data analytics
- Artificial intelligence
- IT operating model transformation
- Cost transformation
Experience
- Oversaw the digital transformation of the patient experience for a private hospital
- Delivered a digital B2B sales transformation platform for an industrial client
- SAP, Microsoft, Salesforce delivery and managed services in several industries
Credentials
- Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS)
- Management of Portfolios Practitioner
- PRINCE2 Practitioner
- Member of the Project Management Institute
Education
- PGDip in Strategy and Innovation, University of Oxford
- MSc in Project Management and Master of Business Studies, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
- BSc in Computer Science, Ulster University
- Diploma in Commercial Law, Law Society of Ireland
