
	William F. (Bill) Oplinger was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Alcoa in April 2013.&nbsp;&nbsp; He is also a member of the Alcoa Executive Council, the senior leadership group that sets strategic direction for the company. &nbsp; Most recently, he was chief operating officer for Alcoa&#39;s largest business, Global Primary Products (GPP), with responsibility for day-to-day operations of GPP&#39;s global network of aluminum smelters, refineries and mines. &nbsp; Since joining Alcoa in 2000, Bill has held key corporate financial positions in Financial Analysis &amp; Planning and as Director of Investor Relations.&nbsp; He also has had major assignments in GPP, including Controller, Operational Excellence Director, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. &nbsp; Earlier in his career, Bill held engineering, marketing management and business planning positions with Westinghouse and Emerson Electric. &nbsp; He earned a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in 1989 in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Tech University and a Master&rsquo;s of Science in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University in 1998.
