Private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has expanded its ESG capabilities with the addition of Hannah-Polly Williams as a director and the head of ESG in Europe.
Williams will work closely with CD&R’s European investment teams and the US and Global ESG team to accelerate initiatives that create value for the firm’s portfolio companies in the UK and Europe.
Williams has significant experience across ESG, corporate governance and investor engagement. Most recently, she was a senior director at FTI Consulting, where she advised on corporate strategy projects and helped financial services, healthcare and industrials clients devise and implement sustainability programs and improve operational performance. Prior to FTI, Williams was based in New York as the global director of board strategy and engagement at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organisation, where she was instrumental in launching its global Board DEI Action Plan.
Williams began her career in London developing private sector partnerships at Oxfam, the Overseas Development Institute and the Allegra Foundation. She earned a BSc in Economics and Government from the London School of Economics, an MSc in Global Governance and Ethics from University College London and an MBA from Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge.
