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10 EY alliances leaders
These ten current and former EY alliances leaders have held alliance relationship director, global alliance director, regional alliance director and global vice chair roles in EY's technology alliances and ecosystem relationships. A reader can learn how alliances leaders work at EY from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alex Loucks
LinkedInExperience: Adobe Alliance Relationship Director, Global Alliances & Ecosystem Relationships · EY
Former Adobe Alliance Relationship Director, Global Alliances & Ecosystem Relationships at EY (2022–2025), a role their profile says covered go-to-market strategy, operations and enablement for the EY alliance with Adobe. Earlier at EY they were Microsoft Alliance Relationship Director - Americas Alliances (2020–2021) and Assistant Director - Global Alliances (2019–2020), and they held strategy and consulting roles at Accenture (2021–2022).
Jenny Law
LinkedInExperience: Director, APAC SAP Alliance · EY
Director, APAC SAP Alliance at EY since 2024, based in Singapore, with a profile headline of Alliance Director, Asia Pacific. Earlier they held customer experience advisory, alliance director and partner enablement roles at SAP (2015–2024), were Senior Director, Alliances and Business Development at conemis (2014–2015) and held partner enablement and consulting roles at Oracle (2004–2013).
Julie Linn Teigland
LinkedInExperience: EY Global Vice Chair Alliances & Ecosystems · EY
EY Global Vice Chair Alliances & Ecosystems since 2025, a role their profile says leads the growth of EY's strategic alliances business globally, and EY EMEIA Area Managing Partner since 2019. Earlier at EY they were Regional Managing Partner GSA covering Germany, Switzerland and Austria (2016–2019) and Managing Partner, Accounts, Industries and Business Development (2002–2019).
Lisa Cabarcos
LinkedInExperience: SAP Americas Alliance Relationship Director, Ecosystems & Alliances · EY
SAP Americas Alliance Relationship Director, Ecosystems & Alliances at EY since 2024, a role their profile says covers relationship governance, alliance program oversight, contracts and compliance and performance intelligence for the Americas SAP alliance. Earlier at EY they were interim SAP Global Campaign Director (2024) and interim Adobe Alliance Relationship Director (2023–2024).
Matt Payne
LinkedInExperience: Global Alliance Relationship Director, EY-FIS Alliance · EY
Global Alliance Relationship Director, EY-FIS Alliance at EY since 2021, based in the Chicago area, with alliance management among the skills on their profile. Earlier they were at Accenture as Senior Manager, Accenture HPE Business Group - Market Development Director (2018–2021) and Manager, Technology Sourcing & Resale (2008–2017).
Matt Smith
LinkedInExperience: Alliances Investments Director, UKI · EY
Alliances Investments Director, UKI at EY since 2026, where their profile says they lead EY's strategic alliance relationships with SAP, Microsoft, ServiceNow, NVIDIA, Snowflake, Databricks and Dell Technologies. Earlier at EY they were SAP Alliance Director, UKI (2024–2026) and Alliances Director for SAP, Dell, Infosys, Atos and TCS (2022–2024), and they held alliance partner roles at SAP (2020–2022).
Naveen Sadhu
LinkedInExperience: Global Alliance Relationship Director - GSI Alliances · EY
Global Alliance Relationship Director - GSI Alliances at EY since 2025, based in Amsterdam. Earlier at EY they were Microsoft Sustainability GTM Lead (2024–2025), EMEIA Alliances Ecosystem Strategy & Transformation Director (2024–2025) and EMEIA Wavespace Strategy and Operations Leader (2021–2024). Their profile describes building executive relationships and joint value with technology and consulting partners.
Piyush Sodhi
LinkedInExperience: EMEIA Alliance Relationship Director - Technology · EY
EMEIA Alliance Relationship Director - Technology at EY since 2021, based in Edinburgh. Their profile says they built and scaled multi-vendor ecosystems across AI, data, automation and cloud and led commercial strategy and deal structuring. Earlier at EY they were Program Manager AI (2019–2021) and an Associate Director (2016–2019), and they were a Senior Manager - Outsourcing Advisory at Aecus Limited (2014–2016).
Sam Thorowgood
LinkedInExperience: Director - Global Alliances Sales · EY
Director - Global Alliances Sales at EY since 2026. Earlier at EY they were Director UK&I Microsoft Alliance Lead (2024–2026), a role their profile says involved leading the firm's strategic relationship with Microsoft and the UK&I alliance strategy, and Associate Director - UK Microsoft Alliance Lead (2021–2024). Before EY they were Senior Alliances Manager, Microsoft at PwC (2018–2021).
Trent Hargrove
LinkedInExperience: Global Alliance Director for NVIDIA · EY
Global Alliance Director for NVIDIA at EY since 2025, and Americas Alliance Relationship Director NVIDIA there since 2024. Earlier at EY they were Americas Technology, Media & Entertainment, & Telecommunications Solution Portfolio Lead (2022–2024), Industry Cloud Program Manager (2021–2022) and Americas Innovation Project Manager (2020–2021). They are based in Texas.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's alliance partner to your question, since relationships with enterprise software vendors, chip and AI companies, financial technology providers and other global systems integrators each involve different counterparts. Consider their region and scope as well, because global, Americas, Europe, Middle East, India and Africa, and Asia Pacific alliance roles cover different ground.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large professional services firm manage a strategic alliance with a major software vendor across many countries?
- 02What does an alliance relationship director do to turn a technology partnership into joint client work?
- 03How are alliance investments with technology partners planned and measured at a consulting firm?
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