Alcoa appoints Arconic chief legal officer

Alcoa, headquartered in New York City, has announced that it has named Kate Hargrove Ramundo executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary of the future Arconic Inc., a role which will take effect upon the company’s separation later this year. Ramundo will succeed Audrey Strauss, Alcoa executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary, who plans to retire at the completion of Alcoa’s separation.

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“Audrey Strauss’ wise counsel and diligent legal representation have been invaluable to Alcoa's successful transformation and preparation for its historic separation. She retires from this key executive role with our highest respect, admiration and best wishes for this new chapter in a career of extraordinary achievement,” says Alcoa Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld.

“As we chart a new future as Arconic, it is clear that Kate Ramundo’s impressive legal acumen, extensive international experience and successful track record in a wide range of business situations will be an ideal fit for our innovation-driven growth strategy,” he adds.

Ramundo comes to the future Arconic most recently from ANN Inc., based in New York, where she served as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary. She earlier served as vice president, deputy general counsel and assistant secretary of Colgate-Palmolive. Among her other positions during her 15-year tenure at Colgate, she served as general counsel of the Europe/South Pacific division and later managed global specialty legal activities throughout the entire Colgate world, including North America, Europe, Asia, South Pacific, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. She began her career as a litigator, practicing at major New York-based law firms.

After the company’s separation, the future Arconic will comprise the current Global Rolled Products (other than the rolling mill operations in Warrick, Indiana, and Saudi Arabia, which will move to Alcoa Corp.), Engineered Products and Solutions and Transportation and Construction Solutions segments. Arconic will provide high-performance multimaterial products and solutions and will be a global leader in precision engineering and advanced manufacturing, Alcoa says. The future Alcoa Corp. will hold the current Upstream and North American packaging businesses. The separation is on track to be completed in the second half of 2016.