Clayton, Dubilier & Rice hires European ESG head from FTI Consulting

This is the second addition to the firm’s ESG initiatives group in the past six months, following Lori Butler, who joined as director of environmental stewardship in November 2022, according to a press release. That was a newly created position to help the firm's portfolio companies build value through environmental strategies, it said.

Williams joins from US-based consulting firm FTI Consulting, where she was a senior director on corporate strategy projects, involved with sustainability programs of financial services, healthcare and industrials clients, it said. Prior to FTI, she 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 organization, it said.

In the past 12 months, CD&R has made material progress in further aligning its ESG agenda with core investment processes, from sourcing and evaluating new investments through post-acquisition execution and exit management, a spokesperson for the firm told Unquote. "The question of how CD&R can improve the ESG footprint of a business is a key concern in its investment due diligence," said the spokesperson.

In her new role, Williams will work closely with CD&R's European investment teams and the US and global ESG team to assist the firm’s portfolio companies in the UK and Europe, it said.

She will also participate in the firm’s ESG initiatives group, a team of multi-disciplinary specialists responsible for ESG strategy, integration and connectivity across the firm, as well as for external collaborations and reporting. The group is chaired by Vindi Banga who joined the firm as an operating partner in 2010 after a 33-year career at Unilever where he was responsible for the company's sustainability agenda.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has investments across various industries, including industrials, healthcare, consumer, technology and financial services and held a first close at USD 10bn for its Fund XII in September 2022. The vehicle launched in March 2022 with a USD 20bn target and is expected to follow the strategy of predecessor funds and invest across Europe and North America, according to Unquote Data.

[Editor's note: The article has been amended to clarify Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is a US-based private equity firm.]

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