Bernt Reitan
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Norwegian national Bernt Reitan is a long serving director, consultant and executive with aluminium company Alcoa, serving as Executive Vice President from 2004 to 2010. He was a director of alloy and silica company Elkem from 1988 to 2000, who subsequently sold their aluminium subsidiary to Alcoa in 2009[1]. He is also a director of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, Yara International ASA, International Primary Aluminum Institute and Renewable Energy Corporation ASA and is a former board member of the European Aluminium Association[2]
Directorships and affiliations as of feb 2012
- Director Elkem 1988-2000
- Executive Vice President Alcoa 2004-2010
- Chairman Norzink 1995-2000
- Director Renewable Energy Corporation ASA since May 2010
- Advisory director Arkwright Insurance
- Independent Director Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. since September 2004
- Independent Director Yara International ASA since May 2009
- Director International Primary Aluminum Institute
- Closure Systems International, Inc.
- Director Hunsfos A/S
- Director Raufoss A/S
- Co-chair of the board of Trustees in ASF (American Scandinavian Foundation,
- Chairman of the board the Norwegian Metallurgical Industry's Association 1990-1992
- Former Director European Aluminium Association
- Former Director Norwegian Employers Federation
- Former Director Norwegian Process and Manufacturing Association [3]
Iceland
Bernt Reitan was Senior Vice President of Materials and Technology and Managing Director of Elkem Aluminium between 1988 and 2000 while Iceland's Elkem alloys plant was being expanded)[5]. In 2009, while Reitan was Executive Vice President of Alcoa Elkem's subsidiary Elkem Aluminium was sold to Alcoa. Bernt Reitan broke the ground at Alcoa's massive Alcoa Fjardaál smelter, their poster greenfield project, in the tiny fishing village of Reydarfjörður in 2004. He was heavily involved in the project which was completed in 2006. The project caused some of the biggest protests Iceland had ever seen over the Kárahnjúkar Dam, which flooded more than 60km of rare wilderness highlands to power it.[6]
Bernt Reitan sits on the Icelandic-American Chamber of Commerce which promotes trade and business between Iceland and the USA[7]
Resources
Transcription and documents from a presentation by Bernt Reitan to Alcoa First Quarter Analyst Workshop, April 22, 2004.[8]
Notes
- ↑ Alcoa website. News Alcoa Completes Exchange with ORKLA ASA For 2 Norwegian Smelters and Anode Plant. March 31, 2009. Accessed 24/02/2012
- ↑ Business Week. Alcoa Profile Bernt Reitan biography Accessed 08/02/2012
- ↑ Business Week. Alcoa Profile Bernt Reitan biography Accessed 08/02/2012
- ↑ Alcoa website John Thuestad Elected Alcoa Executive Vice President and Group President Global Primary Products; Bernt Reitan to Retire February 24, 2010. Accessed 21/02/2012
- ↑ Elkem Iceland website English version Accessed 21/02/2012
- ↑ Susan De Muth The Guardian Power Driven Saturday 29 November 2003. Accessed 21/02/2012
- ↑ IACC Contact Information Accessed 21/02/2012
- ↑ Edgar-Online transcriptions Alcoa First Quarter Analyst Workshop, April 22, 2004 Accessed 08/02/1012
