Alcoa Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.alcoa.com) announced that Nahla A. Azmy has joined Alcoa as vice president, Investor Relations. Azmy had been vice president, Investor Relations and Communications for Rockwood Holdings, Inc., a leading global specialty chemicals company. She succeeds Kelly Pasterick, who has been named to the position of vice president, Global Financial Processes for Global Primary Products.
“Nahla is a proven investor relations professional with more than 15 years experience working with the financial community, and brings a unique perspective to Alcoa, having been an equity analyst earlier in her career,” said William F. Oplinger, Alcoa executive vice president and chief financial officer. “She has a track record of successfully developing and executing on sophisticated and leading investor relations programs that have benefited companies undergoing strategic transformation in order to drive significant increases in shareholder value. Her experience will serve us well at Alcoa as we continue our transformation.”
Pasterick, in her new role, will drive optimization of financial processes and standardize best practices across the Global Primary Products organization to further accelerate Alcoa’s transformation.
“Kelly has demonstrated success in increasingly challenging roles and has the ideal financial background to take on this new leadership position,” said Oplinger. “We are very grateful to Kelly for the integral role she played in Alcoa’s transformation as the Company’s previous head of Investor Relations, leading a robust program of effectively communicating Alcoa’s performance and strategic direction with multiple stakeholders.”