Chuck Smeester, co-founder of WilliamCharles Executive Search, is a former financial service industry executive with more than 15 years of operations, human resources, and general leadership experience. Prior to entering the executive search profession, Chuck spent 12 years at a $20 billion banking and financial services firm in Michigan, where he served as Senior Vice President and Manager of Corporate Operations, and Vice President and Director of Human Resources.

Chuck has more than five years' direct experience recruiting managerial and senior level executives, up to and including the CEO level. Having sat on the executive side of the desk for many years, Chuck combines his extensive industry knowledge and contacts with his natural ability to recruit the best candidate to every assignment.

Chuck received a master’s degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from the University of Wisconsin and bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and Psychology from St. Norbert College in Wisconsin.

Chuck is active in his community, and currently serves on the board of Michigan Works!, the Kent/Allegan Workforce Development Board, where he chairs the Adult Education Committee. He is also a past Board Chair of Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes and currently serves as an Advisory Committee member.