I have known Matt Williams since 2008 when he worked are as Regional Sales Manager in the off trade within GB and have partnered with Matt across many roles over the past 7 years. Whether it has been customer management roles in GB, regional commercial Asia Pacific or Commercial Director roles in China I have been impressed by the quality of his strategic vision, his depth of commercial acumen, bravery, rigor and discipline. Not afraid to take tough and challenging decisions Matt has real clarity on what needs to be done to improve performance whether that is to help members of his team, manage stakeholders, improve his P&L or repair difficult customer relationships. I would actively support and recommend Matt for Director and General Management positions that called for strategic vision, excellent customer and commercial relationships and in addition to this I would also recommend Matt for positions where there was a need for inclusive leadership and people development.

I've known Matt since 2009 when he was global capability manager and we worked together on a major commercial project. I was so impressed with his pragmatic results-oriented mindset during that time, that I tried to persuade him to come to Asia and join the APAC Commercial team in a critical customer role, which he did a few months later. Since then, we worked together for almost 5 years and I've seen Matt go from strength to strength during that time, often in ambiguous and challenging circumstances across Asia and in some high (value) risk critical commercial projects to address underperformance in India and China. Matt is a natural born sales leader with high emotional intelligence: he operates with one eye on people performance and the other grounded firmly on execution, a combination that seems to bring out the best in the teams he has managed. Matt is entrepreneurial, resilient, and demonstrates an inclusive personality that works well across different cultures. In my view, he would make a great Commercial Director or General Manager in any performance-minded FMCG business.

I have known Matt Williams since 2008 when he worked are as Regional Sales Manager in the off trade within GB and have partnered with Matt across many roles over the past 7 years. Whether it has been customer management roles in GB, regional commercial Asia Pacific or Commercial Director roles in China I have been impressed by the quality of his strategic vision, his depth of commercial acumen, bravery, rigor and discipline. Not afraid to take tough and challenging decisions Matt has real clarity on what needs to be done to improve performance whether that is to help members of his team, manage stakeholders, improve his P&L or repair difficult customer relationships. I would actively support and recommend Matt for Director and General Management positions that called for strategic vision, excellent customer and commercial relationships and in addition to this I would also recommend Matt for positions where there was a need for inclusive leadership and people development.

I've known Matt since 2009 when he was global capability manager and we worked together on a major commercial project. I was so impressed with his pragmatic results-oriented mindset during that time, that I tried to persuade him to come to Asia and join the APAC Commercial team in a critical customer role, which he did a few months later. Since then, we worked together for almost 5 years and I've seen Matt go from strength to strength during that time, often in ambiguous and challenging circumstances across Asia and in some high (value) risk critical commercial projects to address underperformance in India and China. Matt is a natural born sales leader with high emotional intelligence: he operates with one eye on people performance and the other grounded firmly on execution, a combination that seems to bring out the best in the teams he has managed. Matt is entrepreneurial, resilient, and demonstrates an inclusive personality that works well across different cultures. In my view, he would make a great Commercial Director or General Manager in any performance-minded FMCG business.

I have known Matt Williams since 2008 when he worked are as Regional Sales Manager in the off trade within GB and have partnered with Matt across many roles over the past 7 years. Whether it has been customer management roles in GB, regional commercial Asia Pacific or Commercial Director roles in China I have been impressed by the quality of his strategic vision, his depth of commercial acumen, bravery, rigor and discipline. Not afraid to take tough and challenging decisions Matt has real clarity on what needs to be done to improve performance whether that is to help members of his team, manage stakeholders, improve his P&L or repair difficult customer relationships. I would actively support and recommend Matt for Director and General Management positions that called for strategic vision, excellent customer and commercial relationships and in addition to this I would also recommend Matt for positions where there was a need for inclusive leadership and people development.

I've known Matt since 2009 when he was global capability manager and we worked together on a major commercial project. I was so impressed with his pragmatic results-oriented mindset during that time, that I tried to persuade him to come to Asia and join the APAC Commercial team in a critical customer role, which he did a few months later. Since then, we worked together for almost 5 years and I've seen Matt go from strength to strength during that time, often in ambiguous and challenging circumstances across Asia and in some high (value) risk critical commercial projects to address underperformance in India and China. Matt is a natural born sales leader with high emotional intelligence: he operates with one eye on people performance and the other grounded firmly on execution, a combination that seems to bring out the best in the teams he has managed. Matt is entrepreneurial, resilient, and demonstrates an inclusive personality that works well across different cultures. In my view, he would make a great Commercial Director or General Manager in any performance-minded FMCG business.