Mr. Williams is Chairman and a founder of InvestStar LLC.

He has been a founder of numerous companies, many focused in the areas of Science and Software development, including: Xoma Inc.; Murex Inc.; Glyko Inc.; BioMarin Inc; Leader Industries Inc.; Jordan-Williams Corporate Design Ltd; McDonald-Williams Cattle Company; AstroMed Limited; Astroscan Limited; and Scarus Limited. He is currently a Director and Chairman of the Governance Committee of BioMarin Pharmaceutical in Novato CA ( Nasdaq BRMN).

Earlier in his career, Mr. Williams was: a partner in Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in their Los Angeles, Sydney and San Francisco offices, where he specialized in the design and installation of Financial Control Systems; a senior mathematician with General Motors Research in Detroit; an internal consultant with Canadian International Paper Company; and a statistician with British Steel.

Mr. Williams received a B.Sc. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Wales.  He is a Chartered Physicist and Fellow of the Institute of Physics in the UK, and is a Trustee of the UK Transplant Trust.