Alcoa Names William F. Oplinger Chief Operating Officer, Global Primary Products
Roy Harvey Succeeds Oplinger as CFO for Primary Business
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) announced today that William F. (Bill) Oplinger has
been named Chief Operating Officer for Global Primary Products (GPP),
effective December 1. The position has been vacant since Chris Ayers was
named Executive Vice President and Global Primary Products President in
May 2011. Oplinger has been Chief Financial Officer for GPP since August
2010.
William F. (Bill) Oplinger has been named Chief Operating Officer for Global Primary Products (GPP), effective December 1. (Photo: Business Wire)
Oplinger will focus on day-to-day operations in Alcoa′s Primary
businesses, including bauxite mining and refining and smelting
operations, allowing Ayers to concentrate on strategic developments
involving the business group.
Succeeding Oplinger as Chief Financial Officer for GPP is Roy Harvey,
who is currently Director, Investor Relations. Harvey has extensive
experience with the Primary business, having served as plant manager at
Alcoa′s San Ciprián, Spain, smelter and Director of Finance and Business
Integration for GPP Europe prior to becoming Director, Investor
Relations.
'Bill is a thorough, disciplined manager and talented problem-solver,?
said Ayers. 'He has the drive and business knowledge to get top
performance from our Primary operations as we continually assess the
best strategic options for these businesses.
'I am also pleased to welcome Roy back to GPP. Roy brings a unique
combination of international operating and financial experience to this
assignment that will serve him well as CFO of Alcoa′s Global Primary
Products business.?
Alcoa has aluminum smelters, mines and refineries throughout the U.S.,
Latin America, Australia, Iceland, Guinea, Europe, Canada and soon in
Saudi Arabia through its joint venture with Ma′aden, the Saudi Arabian
Mining Company. The Ma′aden-Alcoa smelter is due to be operational in
2013 and the mine and refinery in 2014.
Biographical information follows:
William F. (Bill) Oplinger
Bill Oplinger joined Alcoa in 2000 as manager of Corporate Analysis in
the company′s Finance organization. He progressed to manager, Financial
Analysis & Planning, and then Director of Investor Relations, based in
New York. He joined the Global Primary Products (GPP) organization as
controller and followed that assignment as vice president, Business
Development, working on strategic projects within the group. He was
named CFO for GPP in August 2010. Oplinger is also a member of the Alcoa
Executive Council, the senior leadership group setting strategic
direction for the company.
Earlier in his career, Oplinger worked at Westinghouse Electric Company
in Pittsburgh and Charlotte, North Carolina, where he served in several
engineering, marketing management and business planning positions
including director, Business Planning for Westinghouse′s Process Control
Division.
Oplinger earned a bachelor′s degree in 1989 in Industrial Engineering
and Operations Research from Virginia Tech University and a Master′s of
Science in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University in
1998.
Roy Harvey
Roy Harvey has been Director, Investor Relations since September 2010,
responsible for interfacing with securities analysts and investors
globally on Alcoa′s performance and strategic direction. Prior to this
role, Harvey was Director of Corporate Treasury, where he was
instrumental in developing an extensive enterprise risk management
program for the company.
Previously, he was plant manager for the San Ciprián, Spain, smelter and
Director of Finance and Business Integration for Global Primary Products
(GPP) Europe, leading the finance and casthouse teams. He′s also served
as casthouse manager and plant controller in São Luis (Brazil), and a
member of GPP′s global casthouse network, where he developed performance
measurement systems and drove casthouse profitability.
Before coming to Alcoa in 2002, Harvey worked with Greenstone Resources
Ltd., a gold mining company based in Central America, as corporate
manager of environmental affairs and operations reporting. He was based
in Panamá City, Panamá, for three years and then Managua, Nicaragua, for
an additional year.
He graduated with honors from The Wharton School of Business, University
of Pennsylvania, simultaneously earning master′s degrees in
International Business and Corporate Finance, and holds a bachelor′s
degree in Mining Engineering from Columbia University. In 2008, Roy was
named to the prestigious Young Leaders Program of the World Economic
Council.
About Alcoa
Alcoa is the world′s leading producer of primary and fabricated
aluminum, as well as the world′s largest miner of bauxite and refiner of
alumina. In addition to inventing the modern-day aluminum industry,
Alcoa innovation has been behind major milestones in the aerospace,
automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial
transportation, consumer electronics and industrial markets over the
past 120 years. Among the solutions Alcoa markets are flat-rolled
products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, as well as Alcoa ? wheels,
fastening systems, precision and investment castings, and building
systems in addition to its expertise in other light metals such as
titanium and nickel-based super alloys. Sustainability is an integral
part of Alcoa′s operating practices and the product design and
engineering it provides to customers. Alcoa has been a member of the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index for 10 consecutive years and approximately 75
percent of all of the aluminum ever produced since 1888 is still in
active use today. Alcoa employs approximately 59,000 people in 31
countries across the world. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com.
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