NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announces that effective September 1 Libby Archell is appointed Vice President of Corporate Affairs. Reporting to Klaus Kleinfeld, Alcoa Chairman and CEO, Ms. Archell will be a member of Alcoa’s Executive Council and have responsibility for communications activities that impact Alcoa’s reputation, relationships with the media and employee engagement.
“With her successful track record in challenging assignments in Australia and the U.S., Libby has the ideal background and skills to take on this vital communications role at an important moment in Alcoa’s 125th history,” said Mr. Kleinfeld. “Communications will play a major role in driving the growth of Alcoa’s value add businesses and supporting our actions to improve the competitiveness of our upstream business. Libby has the creativity, media savvy and proactive mindset to lead our global communications team in seizing those opportunities.”
Ms. Archell succeeds Nick Ashooh, who is resigning from Alcoa to pursue another opportunity. In thanking Mr. Ashooh for his service, Mr. Kleinfeld said, “We appreciate Nick's contributions to Alcoa, and wish him well in his future endeavors.”
Ms. Archell is currently director of corporate communications at Hewlett-Packard. Prior to her departure from Alcoa in December 2012, Libby was director of corporate affairs, managing Alcoa’s global media relations and financial and crisis communications. She joined Alcoa in 2005 as a communications advisor in Perth, Western Australia and later served as head of communications and employee engagement at the Alcoa Foundation in New York.
Before joining Alcoa, Ms. Archell consulted on media relations and crisis communication to major resource companies. She started her career in government relations in the NGO sector and also was a speechwriter for Australian state government officials. In 2012, she was named to the prestigious Australian-American Young Leadership Dialogue. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia.
Ms. Archell will be based at Alcoa’s headquarters in New York City.
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 125 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 11 consecutive years and approximately 75 percent of all of the aluminum ever produced since 1888 is still in active use today. Alcoa employs approximately 61,000 people in 30 countries across the world. For more information, visit www.alcoa.com, follow @Alcoa on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Alcoa and follow Alcoa on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Alcoa.
