William Etchell

Chief Operating Officer

CRU
William has over 25 years’ experience working in finance across a variety of sectors, having qualified with Arthur Andersen in the 1990s. Since then he has worked in a number of blue chip organisations including British Airways, Time Warner and Interpublic Group, as well as running his own nursery school business.

William joined CRU from GUS Holdings, a global higher education provider. Previously, he was CFO at EPG, an education services provider, and prior to that he was Group Finance Director at BPP Professional Education Group for 5 years.

William has worked on several corporate transactions, both as an advisor and as a principal. William also has extensive experience of leading teams through change and has overseen a variety of system implementations. He is currently a non-executive director for a chain of nursery schools.

William graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in Politics and is a member of the ICAEW.