Overview
Raeesa Anjum-Williams is a principal with Heidrick & Struggles’ London office and a member of the Organization Acceleration Practice. She specializes in organizational and cultural transformation, helping leaders solve complex challenges with practical solutions.
Experience
Raeesa brings expertise in operating model redesign, organizational transformation, and culture change to her C-suite clients, helping organizations align purpose, strategy, structure, and culture to unlock performance and drive sustainable, long-term growth.
She has worked across a diverse range of industries, including financial services, industrial, consumer, and the public sector, supporting organizations at critical moments of growth, restructuring, and strategic reset. Raeesa’s work spans end-to-end transformation programs, from diagnosing cultural and organizational challenges to designing and embedding fit-for-purpose operating models, governance, and leadership behaviors, helping both organizations and leaders to close the gap between current and future states.
Raeesa combines rigorous analysis with a pragmatic, human-centered approach, applying her neuroscience background to navigating complex stakeholder environments and translating ambition into actionable change and measurable business outcomes.
Education
Goldsmiths University, Master of Research in Research Methods in Psychology
University College London, Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience