William is a Global Ambassador located in Verona, Italy specializing in corporate finance and management. William has 25 years of experience managing the financial strategy and operations of companies across a number of industries including wine & sprits, specialty chemicals, welding equipment and agriculture. William has held management and executive level positions with firms including Ernst & Young, General Mills, Exxon and Lincoln Electric throughout Europe, Latin America and North America.
William’s capabilities span a wide spectrum of functional applications including corporate structuring, governance, joint ventures, acquisitions, spin-offs and public offerings; operational finance, audit and profitability optimization; treasury, risk management and strategic planning; marketing, sales and channel strategy development. William has overseen the re-engineering of a corporate supply-chain in Latin America, led a growth-by-acquisition campaign across Europe, and directed an aggressive restructuring program for a U.S. industrial company.
William holds an M.B.A. in International Finance from Thunderbird — The Garvin School of International Management and a B.A. and M.A. from Ohio University in Business Administration and International Economy respectively. William is a specialist in the Italian and French markets and speaks native English and fluent French, Spanish and Italian.