Primary Job Title Chief Executive Officer Primary Organization Avnet
Location Austin, Texas, United States Regions Southern US Gender Male
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William J. Amelio served as the chief executive officer and president of CHC Group Ltd. (NYSE: HELI), a global helicopter services provider, from 2010 to 2015.
Previously, he served as president and chief executive officer of Lenovo Group Limited and as senior vice president/president for the Asia-Pacific / Japan region of Dell, Inc.
Additional experience includes leadership roles at NCR Corporation, Honeywell International, Inc. and IBM Corporation.
William Amelio and his wife Jamie founded and continue to lead Caring for Cambodia (caringforcambodia.org), a non-profit organization that works to educate the children of Cambodia through building schools, training teachers and providing for basic human needs.
He holds a master's degree in management and is a Sloan Fellow of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. William Amelio earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and honorary doctorate in engineering from Lehigh University.
As a member of Avnet's board of directors, William Amelio serves on the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee.
