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Phoebe Williams is a Partner within Boyden’s Industrial Practice, specialising in senior and board-level executive search across manufacturing, engineering, infrastructure and energy. With over 10 years of experience, she develops customised search strategies that attract top-tier industrial sector talent. Her approach provides clients with a compelling edge in identifying leaders who align with their strategic vision.
Professional Focus
- Over 10 years’ experience leading executive search and talent acquisition projects including international assignments
- Executive roles across functions, including CEO, CFO, CCO, CTO, HR directors, programme and project directors, sales, global heads, and non-executive board roles
- Supports clients across listed and privately held companies under a range of ownership structures, including PE-backed and family-owned enterprises
- Expertise in a range of industries including industrial, professional services, energy, financial services, and infrastructure
- Expertise in delivering leadership consulting to support successful appointments, onboarding, team development, and succession planning
- Skilled in competitor analysis, market mapping, leadership assessment, and assignment delivery
Business Expertise
- Associate promoted to Delivery Lead at a boutique executive search firm; focused on board and senior management roles
- UK Funds Sales Executive at JPMorgan Asset Management; part of new team created to drive intermediary market segment
- Consultant with a recruitment firm specialising in real estate; focused on energy, infrastructure and professional services sectors; promoted from research team
- Started career as Paralegal with a global law firm prior to transitioning to executive search
Additional Expertise
- Business Services
- CEO & Board Search
- Energy
- Engineering
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Infrastructure
- Management Consulting
- Professional Services
- Public Sector
- Supply Chain & Logistics
Areas of Expertise
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree (Hons) From Oxford Brookes University
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Approaches to leadership and governance
Boyden UK shares their latest discussion points from the second of their Sustainability Series CEO roundtables.
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A third-generation family business found itself navigating sudden global disruption with limited internal capability to manage a complex reshoring effort. The solution was not more control, but the confidence to bring in the right external expertise. This is how the family safeguarded its legacy by acting decisively—and differently.
In this guest article for the” Top 25 Women” initiative, Jutta Menzenbach of Boyden, an executive search firm, writes about the importance of diversity in the automotive industry to drive economic success.
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