William M. Walker is chairman, president and chief executive officer. Mr. Walker has been a member of our
board since July 2010 and a board member of Walker & Dunlop, LLC or its predecessors since February
2000. In September 2003, Mr. Walker became the executive vice president and chief operating officer of
Walker & Dunlop and has been serving as the president of Walker & Dunlop since January 2005 and
as the chief executive officer since January 2007. Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Mr. Walker
was on the management team at TeleTech, a global business process outsourcing company,
from 1998 to 2003. At TeleTech, he held several senior management positions, including president
of the company's European and Latin American divisions. Prior to TeleTech, Mr. Walker was
a consultant at Newbridge Latin America where he was responsible for private equity transactions in
the aviation, water, and apparel industries. Prior to Newbridge Latin America, Mr. Walker
was the general manager of ALTA, a regional airline based in Argentina, from August 1995 to
October 1996.
Mr. Walker currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of the District of Columbia Water
and Sewer Authority (DC Water) and is a member of the board of directors of Sustainable Technologies Fund,
a Swedish clean-tech venture capital firm. Mr. Walker served as a board member of Transcom Worldwide S.A.,
a publicly traded European outsourcing company from 2004 to 2006 and served as its chairman of the board of
directors from 2006 until 2011. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization, the Mortgage Bankers
Association and the Urban Land Institute. Mr. Walker received his Bachelor of Arts in Government from St.
Lawrence University and his Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University.
Mr. Walker brings to our board more than 20 years of leadership experience. Mr. Walker possesses
in-depth knowledge of our industry, offers valuable insight into our business and provides the leadership,
general management and vision that help us compete successfully.
