William Byass

William (Bill) Byass is an independent Non-Executive Director at Aditya. Bill has an experience of over four decades in various leadership roles in the global automotive industry. Based on Melbourne, Australia, Bill also heads Aditya’s resident office in Australia for customer interaction and business initiatives.

Starting his career at Caterpillar, Bill joined Rockwell International, a major American manufacturing conglomerate as part of its automotive business division. Throughout his career at Rockwell, Bill managed various functional and leadership roles in operations, business development and sales. As Senior Vice President and General Manager of Rockwell Asia-Pacific, Bill was responsible for the P&L and operations of multiple global sites and new program rollouts for automotive OEMs like Ford, VW, GM and Mazda. Bill Byass has developed an impressive international career in automotive supply, with a focus on management and leadership, joint ventures and acquisitions, global sourcing, sales and marketing, and entry to new geographic markets and customers.

Having worked extensively in Europe, Asia and the USA, Bill brings significant international experience including roles as Managing Director of Rockwell’s automotive operations in Australia, Director of Asia-Pacific for Rockwell Automotive and Meritor, followed by the role of Vice President for the Door Systems Division of Meritor, based in Paris, France. Bill has a strong understanding of the issues facing many businesses and how to plan and deliver growth and improvements across many organizational cultures. As Vice President and General Manager Door Systems, he strengthened product and advanced engineering and customer service. As director Asia-Pacific, he increased sales by acquiring companies in India, Japan, China and Korea. In addition, Bill established engineering design centers in Nagoya Japan and Bangalore, India to serve Rockwell and Meritor globally.

Bill brings this rich experience in the automotive sector to Aditya’s Board through his insights on commercial management, operations control and strategy deployment.