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James W. Owens

Age: 62

Director since: 2005

Alcoa Board Committees: Audit Committee.

Principal occupation: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Caterpillar Inc., a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines, since February 2004.

Recent business experience: Mr. Owens served as Vice Chairman from December 2003 to February 2004 and as Group President from 1995 to 2003, responsible at various times for 13 of the company's 25 divisions.  Mr. Owens joined Caterpillar in 1972 as a corporate economist and has held numerous management positions at Caterpillar from that time to the present.

Other directorships: Caterpillar Inc. and International Business Machines Corporation.


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