Bill thanked her predecessor for his work: “Milton Guerry took office at the starting point of the COVID-19 pandemic and served the industry dealing with a great number of challenges,” she said. “He worked relentlessly as our ambassador, and I am proud to continue this mission together with our new vice president, Kenji Yamaguchi.”

Bill heads global marketing and sales for ABB’s Robotics business which has approximately 11,000 employees, operating in over 100 locations in 53 countries. She has more than 25 years of experience in a number of management and sales and marketing roles across automation at ABB. The Swedish and Swiss national holds a master’s degree in industrial engineering and management from The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.  

Kenji Yamaguchi has been serving as representative director, president, and CEO of FANUC Corp. since April, 2019. After joining the company in April 1993, he started his career with research and development of industrial robots, and has contributed to the development of several successful models. His main past responsibilities include heading the production engineering department and production division, along with the CNC business division. He completed the master's course at the department of precision mechanical engineering, graduate school of engineering, the University of Tokyo in March 1993. For more information, visit www.ifr.org.