Amanda Scott is a Manging Director and the Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Leader at WTW based in London. She is responsible for leading a global team that helps clients evaluate and address the critical people-related issues, assets, liabilities, risks and opportunities surrounding corporate transactions. Her passion is human-led transformation and helping organisations focus on people to drive innovation, diversity, and positive growth.
Amanda is also the CEO/Founder of Mike’s Mates, a mental health charity in the UK. Additionally, Amanda is a Board Member for Global Women 4 Wellbeing (GW4W) and the Viviana Durante Ballet Company; on the Remuneration Committee of Pensions Management Institute (PMI); and on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Council at Bayes Business School. She was awarded as a top 25 Global M&A consultants of 2023 by the Consulting Report; 2023 Elite Women by Insurance Business UK; Excellence in Leadership by Consulting Magazine, a 2021 HERo for Inclusion and Diversity by Yahoo Finance; and highlighted as one of the UK 50 Leading Lights for Leadership & Kindness. She regularly publishes industry thought leadership, provides commentary to the press and social media, and is an active public speaker.
Amanda graduated with an MBA in Management & Organization, and Finance from the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. There she was the 2007 President and 2006 Vice President of Finance of the Board of Directors for the Part-Time MBA Association. Additionally, she holds a BA in Natural Sciences from Johns Hopkins University.