William Leonard Welch FCSD FRSA (born 2 April 1972) is an English Industrial designer.
William is the son of the late post-war Industrial Designer Robert Radford Welch (21 May 1929 – 15 March 2000).
In 2007 Welch was invited to become Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts and as a Freeman, holds a key to the city of London.
William Welch was born in Leamington Spa and raised in nearby Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
From 1995, he studied design at the University of Central England (now Birmingham City University) where he completed courses in Furniture Design and Silversmithing, before going on to complete his Master of Arts Degree at The Royal College of Art, London in 2001.