William Abbey's career has been focused on the global semiconductor industry. Since April 2023 he has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Arm Limited, a global semiconductor leader, having previously served as its Senior Vice President of Sales and Partner Enablement since April 2017.
Since joining Arm in 2004, Mr. Abbey has held a number of leadership roles, including Senior Vice President of Sales and Partner Enablement, General Manager of the Physical Design group and Vice President of Commercial Operations for the Physical IP Division. Prior to joining Arm, he worked in product management positions at Celoxica, Infineon Technologies, and Loughborough Sound Images.
Mr. Abbey earned a B.Eng. from Sheffield Hallam University in England.