Mr. William H. Willis Jr.

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  William Willis Worldwide Places Managing Director At Corning, Inc.

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  William H. Willis Jr. Retires After 38 Years In Recruiting
  
  Major, Hagen & Africa Opens Austin, Texas Office
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  William H. Willis Jr. Retires After 38 Years In Recruiting
  
  William H. Willis Jr. has retired from the executive recruiting business and closed his firm, William Willis Worldwide, after having served the profession for 38 years.Mr. Willis entered the business in October 1965 as a co-founding partner of New York-based Devine, Baldwin & Willis, along with Joseph E. Devine and Ian Baldwin.
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  After building a significant practice domestically and internationally, Mr. Willis left the firm to found William Willis Worldwide also in New York.The firm prospered globally and was an early member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants in 1970 (then called the Association of Executive Recruiters).He was chairman of the Admissions Committee of the AERC and later held that same position at the AESC.In 1989, Mr. Willis was the founding chairman for five years of the World Search Group, a strategic alliance of 30 independent executive search firms located in the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

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  While most of his contemporaries retired long ago, William Willis has continued recruiting and seeking new business.The 75-year-old founder and managing director of Greenwich, Conn.-based William Willis Worldwide entered the search business in the 1960s.He considers himself a generalist but with special expertise in research and development executives for large food and beverage companies.While Mr. Willis has outlasted many of his clients and competitors, he believes his years of experience give him an advantage over more junior recruiters.
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  Willis: The current situation in executive search is the worst I've seen in 36 years.I've seen downturns in the 70s, 80s and 90s but nothing ever as dramatic as this globally.
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  Willis: Not that I'm aware, but they probably wouldn't tell me if they did.
  
  ESR: Heidrick & Struggles chief executive Piers Marmion just resigned and there have been a number of leadership changes at some of the larger executive search firms over the past two years.What are the qualities necessary in running a search firm?
  
  Willis: Integrity has to come first.You certainly have to have someone with a solid record of accomplishment who is respected by the people in the firm and also by people in the profession and people outside the profession.
  
  ESR: What principles have you followed in running your own search firm?
  
  Willis: Setting high standards.
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  Willis: If you're asked to conduct a number of searches simultaneously, I can understand that.
  
  ESR: Have clients' demands changed?
  
  Willis: They've become more sophisticated at spilling out what they need, but their needs are the same.
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  Willis: I appreciated it then.But I've been able to reflect on accomplishments, on changing people's lives.I was at another conference last weekend.One of the vice presidents of research and development at a major food company was a professor and chairman of one of the leading food science departments in the world when I placed him at General Foods and he ended up senior vice president and then he retired from all that and now he's back as a VP.My recruiting him changed his life dramatically.He told me how much he appreciated it.I had another person who had the same experience.He had been the chairman of a department at Puget Sound and it never occurred to him to go into industry and he ended up being senior VP at Kraft.It's nice to have a personal side to it.
  
  ESR: What's your method for finding people?
  
  Willis: Instincts are part of it once you've found the people.
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  Willis: I founded a firm Devine, Baldwin and Willis in 1965.
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  Willis: I founded a firm Devine, Baldwin and Willis in 1965.

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  The announcement was made by William H. Willis, president and managing director of William Willis Worldwide Inc. and president emeritus of the World Search Group.

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  William Willis Worldwide Places Corning ExecutiveCook Associates Recruits Sanders To KAMAXChristenson Hutchison McDowell Places Novartis VP
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  Will that change?
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  William Willis Worldwide Places Corning Executive
  
  William Willis, president and managing director of Greenwich, CT-based boutique search firm William Willis Worldwide, has placed Meni Styliadou as managing director of European telecommunications policy at Corning.

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  Board members and shareholders forced Mr. Hawley out "to bring in someone who could make things happen faster," says search consultant Bill Willis, president of William Willis Worldwide, who has worked extensively for Gillette.

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  William H. Willis Jr., President and Managing Director310 West Lyon Farm DriveGreenwich, CT 06831 -- USATel : (203) 532-9292 -- Fax : (203) 5321919Email : mailto : wwwinc@aol.com
  
  Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering

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  Bill Willis
  
  203-532-9292 E-mail: wwwinc@aol.com

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  Executive Search Review - April 2001 - [Cached Version]
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  William Willis Worldwide Places Corning ExecutiveCook Associates Recruits Sanders To KAMAXChristenson Hutchison McDowell Places Novartis VP
  
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  Will that change?
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  William Willis Worldwide Places Corning Executive
  
  William Willis, president and managing director of Greenwich, CT-based boutique search firm William Willis Worldwide, has placed Meni Styliadou as managing director of European telecommunications policy at Corning.

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  Executive Search Review - April 2003 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/1/2003    Last Visited: 9/20/2003  

  While most of his contemporaries retired long ago, William Willis has continued recruiting and seeking new business.The 75-year-old founder and managing director of Greenwich, Conn.-based William Willis Worldwide entered the search business in the 1960s.He considers himself a generalist but with special expertise in research and development executives for large food and beverage companies.While Mr. Willis has outlasted many of his clients and competitors, he believes his years of experience give him an advantage over more junior recruiters.
  ...
  Willis: The current situation in executive search is the worst I've seen in 36 years.I've seen downturns in the 70s, 80s and 90s but nothing ever as dramatic as this globally.
  ...
  Willis: Not that I'm aware, but they probably wouldn't tell me if they did.
  
  ESR: Heidrick & Struggles chief executive Piers Marmion just resigned and there have been a number of leadership changes at some of the larger executive search firms over the past two years.What are the qualities necessary in running a search firm?
  
  Willis: Integrity has to come first.You certainly have to have someone with a solid record of accomplishment who is respected by the people in the firm and also by people in the profession and people outside the profession.
  
  ESR: What principles have you followed in running your own search firm?
  
  Willis: Setting high standards.
  ...
  Willis: If you're asked to conduct a number of searches simultaneously, I can understand that.
  
  ESR: Have clients' demands changed?
  
  Willis: They've become more sophisticated at spilling out what they need, but their needs are the same.
  ...
  Willis: I appreciated it then.But I've been able to reflect on accomplishments, on changing people's lives.I was at another conference last weekend.One of the vice presidents of research and development at a major food company was a professor and chairman of one of the leading food science departments in the world when I placed him at General Foods and he ended up senior vice president and then he retired from all that and now he's back as a VP.My recruiting him changed his life dramatically.He told me how much he appreciated it.I had another person who had the same experience.He had been the chairman of a department at Puget Sound and it never occurred to him to go into industry and he ended up being senior VP at Kraft.It's nice to have a personal side to it.
  
  ESR: What's your method for finding people?
  
  Willis: Instincts are part of it once you've found the people.
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  Willis: I founded a firm Devine, Baldwin and Willis in 1965.
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  Willis: I founded a firm Devine, Baldwin and Willis in 1965.

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