Amrop Battalia Winston

Walter Williams

Partner

Walt Williams is a Partner in the Boston, Massachusetts office of Amrop Battalia Winston International (ABW)Walt has more than 20 years of executive search experience in financial services, consumer products, high technology, professional services, healthcare products, and real estate.

Walt was selected as one of the top 200 executive recruiters in the world in the book, The Global 200 Executive Recruiters, by Nancy Garrison-Jenn (Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998).

On a functional basis, Walt has recruited chief executive officers, chief operating officers, chief financial officers, sales and marketing executives, human resources executives, and chief information officers.

Before joining ABW, Walt managed his own executive search firm, Clarity Partners. Previously, he spent 12 years as a Partner with Russell Reynolds Associates and then served as the Managing Partner for the Boston office of TMP Worldwide Executive Search. Prior to entering executive search, Walt’s career included financial and product marketing positions with W. R. Grace & Co., Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, and Astra Pharmaceuticals.

Walt earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Yale University and a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School. He served as an officer in the United States Air Force and is a Past President of the Harvard Business School Association of Boston.