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Alain J. P. Belda
Director
Chairman of the Board
Alain Belda became chairman of the board of Alcoa on May 8, 2008. He was chairman and chief executive officer of the company from January 2001 to May 2008; and president and chief executive officer since May 1999.
Mr. Belda joined Alcoa in 1969 at Alcoa Aluminio, Alcoa's Brazilian affiliate. He held a number of financial and planning positions there until being named president of Alcoa Aluminio in 1979. He later assumed the additional responsibility for Alcoa's Latin American operations. In 1982, Mr. Belda was elected a vice president of Alcoa, the parent company. He moved to Pittsburgh in 1994 as executive vice president, subsequently was elected vice chairman in 1995, to president and chief operating officer with responsibility for all operating activities in 1997, and president and chief executive officer in 1999.
In addition to being chairman of Alcoa's board of directors, Mr. Belda is a director of Citigroup Inc. He serves on the Board of Trustees of The Conference Board, the world's leading business membership and research organization, and is an active member of the Business Council.
Mr. Belda was born in Meknes, French Morocco on June 23, 1943 and became a Brazilian citizen in 1982. He studied in Brazil and Canada and graduated from MacKenzie University in Brazil with a degree in business administration.
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