Charles D. (Chuck) McLane Jr.
Executive Vice President, Alcoa
New York, New York  
 
Charles D. (Chuck) McLane Jr. was elected Executive Vice President by Alcoa's Board of Directors in September 2007.  He was Chief Financial Officer from January 2007 to April 1, 2013.  As CFO, Chuck had accountability for Alcoa’s Finance organization, which includes Treasury, Controllership, Pension, Investor Relations, Tax, Audit and Financial Planning & Analysis. He also was responsible for the Global Business Service group, which provides IT, purchasing and business support services globally.
 
Chuck joined Alcoa in 2000 as director of investor relations, following Alcoa’s acquisition of Reynolds Metals Company.  Two years later, he was appointed vice president of Alcoa Business Support Services and Corporate Controller based in Pittsburgh. He also had accountability for Alcoa’s North American transactional service functions, including procurement, financial shared services, environment, health and safety services, human resources and corporate aircraft operations. With the combination of the Europe and North America support services organization, the North American regional function was eliminated in 2003.  Chuck assumed the Pittsburgh location management role in addition to Controllership responsibilities in 2005.
 
Prior to joining Alcoa, Chuck worked for Reynolds Metals for 27 years serving in a series of financial assignments, including division controller. In 1990, he was named director of finance and administration for Reynolds’ Global Can business unit, then in 1995 he became assistant controller and in 1999 assistant treasurer.
 
Born in Richmond, Virginia, on July 15, 1953, Chuck earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1978 and 1984, respectively. He attended an Executive Program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business in 1988 and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1995.
 
Chuck is a member of the Conference Board’s Council of Financial Executives Institute and a member of the CFO Board Academy. He is also on the national board of the Girl Scouts, and is engaged in several charitable organizations.