Skipp Anne Haynes Williamson is an Australian businesswoman and founder of Partners in Performance, a management consulting firm specialising in business improvement. [1]
Williamson holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Auckland, Master of Engineering from MIT and Master of Philosophy from the University of Oxford. [2] [3]
After leaving McKinsey & Company, in 1998 Williamson launched Partners in Performance. The company is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, but their first engagement was in the UK. [3]
In May 2024, Accenture announced that it had agreed to purchase Partners in Performance, with the approximately 400 staff to fall under the Accenture Strategy practice. [4]
In 2019, Williamson was named number one most powerful consultant in Australia by the Australian Financial Review Power list. [5] In 2018, she was named Australia's third most influential consultant, [6] [7] and in 2017 she was named in the Australian Financial Review and Westpac Group 100 Women of Influence awards. [2]
She is a public supporter of LGBTI rights, [8] [9] and in 2016 was listed in the "top 50 LGBTI" executives in Australia. [10]
Williamson is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering [11] and a member of Chief Executive Women. [12]