Linda K. Williams

Director at Steelcase

Linda is currently Vice President, Global Head of Go-to-Market Finance, Google Cloud, of Google LLC. In her role, she is focused on all financial aspects of the GTM, marketing and services business for Google Cloud including revenue management, financial planning, reporting and analysis, investment analysis, pricing and control functions, as well as long-range strategic planning.

Linda previously held a broad range of leadership roles across Hewlett Packard and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. These roles included Senior Vice President, HPE Products and Services Chief Financial Officer where she managed the financial performance of the Compute, Storage, HPC/MCS and Pointnext Services division with annual revenue of $19B+ and corresponding margin, operating expenses and profit; Chief Audit Executive and Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management and in this role she developed an Enterprise Risk Management program to identify and mitigate potential strategic, financial and cybersecurity risks for the company; and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, HPE Pointnext Services Division, offering executive governance for all business finance, while leading the execution of a major transformation plan for the business. Earlier in her career, she served as Vice President and CFO of the HP Americas Enterprise Group and Vice President of Finance for HP Storage Division.

Linda’s career reflects a demonstrated track record in leading successful, large-scale transformation initiatives, optimizing financial management processes in complex, global business environments and executing both domestic and global M&A transactions. Passionate about diversity and inclusion, Linda led a Women’s Development Program at HPE and served as the executive sponsor for its HPE International Women’s Day Event.

Linda received a BBA in Accounting from Texas A&M University.