Kevin Anton’s Alcoa career has been rooted in the company’s primary products business. He joined Alcoa in 1998 as vice president of Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals. He then became vice president, Finance for Alcoa’s Primary Products organization. In 2001, he became president of Alcoa Materials Management, which involves purchasing and the physical and financial trading activities of primary and scrap aluminum, electricity trading, and transportation purchasing for the Primary Metals business. In 2006, he was elected a vice president of Alcoa.

Today, he maintains accountability for Alcoa’s trading, sales and marketing activities related to primary products, but in October 2007 he also became Chief Financial Officer for Alcoa Global Primary Products. This involves overseeing financial activities and strategy for Alcoa’s nine alumina refineries, bauxite assets in Australia, Brazil, Jamaica, Suriname and Guinea, and the company’s worldwide smelting system, which in 2006 produced 4.7 million metric tons of aluminum.

Kevin came to Alcoa in 1998 following the company’s acquisition of Alumax. He had held senior management positions at Alumax, serving as vice president and controller for its primary aluminum group and director of business planning. Earlier, Kevin held various financial positions, including director of Business Planning and Development, for AMAX Inc., a diversified mining and metals company based in New York City.

Kevin is chairman of the U.S. Aluminum Association. Born in Connecticut on February 3, 1959, he graduated from the University of Bridgeport in 1986 with a degree in accounting. Kevin and his wife, Irene, have two sons.