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Ben Williams is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of Spencer Stuart. Previously, Ben led the firm’s North American business, and prior to that served as the leader of Spencer Stuart's North American Financial Services Practice. In addition to his leadership responsibilities, Ben regularly advises clients on a variety of board and executive leadership recruiting, succession and culture related matters. Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Ben spent 25 years in the financial services industry, most recently serving as President of the Investment Banking and Capital Markets Broker-Dealer of Wachovia, the nation’s 4th largest banking institution at the time. As Head of Wachovia’s Global Markets and Investment Banking division, Ben led the company's fixed income and equity sales, trading, and research activities, as well as investment banking, capital markets, corporate banking and commercial real estate. Ben was responsible for a $200 billion balance sheet, more than 5,000 employees worldwide, and was directly involved in the recruiting, hiring and on-boarding of many of the company's senior leaders. Ben also served as a member of Wachovia's corporate operating committee, asset liability committee, corporate diversity committee, and as a management representative to the risk committee of Wachovia's Board of Directors.

Michael “Pat” Patton, PhD, is President/CEO of Hunt Patton & Brazeal, Inc., an international and U.S. management consulting firm in Houston, Denver and Tulsa. He is author of “Behavioral Perceptions of Outplacement Practices in Multiple Industries”, 1995 CCU Press and Stories; works in progress - 2010. He has preformed multiple reorganizations and organizational development assignments, and is a specialist in worldwide acquisition, merger and corporate development across 9 industries, including oil and gas, power, environmental and oilfield services. In these roles he has also addressed multiple executive search and assessments, repositioning and outplacements since 1980 with both private and public corporations. He is considered an international and U.S. expert in the offshore engineering and construction industry and in oil and gas services specialties. Dr. Patton holds a PhD in Organizational Clinical Psychology, and an MS and BS in Educational Psychology. He is a member of multiple professional societies, an advisor to private equity and venture capital firms, and a board member to a large internationally known oil and gas company.