Alcoa (AA) Appoints Daniel Cruise as Vice President, Officer

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) announced it has appointed Daniel Cruise as vice president and officer of the company.

“Daniel has been instrumental in advancing Alcoa’s interests across national, regional and local jurisdictions around the world,” said Nicholas Ashooh, Global Vice President, Corporate Affairs in a press release. “He has played a leading role in developing business ties in China, particularly through our recent memorandum of understanding with the China Power Investment Corporation, and has been Alcoa’s point person on many other strategic and public policy issues.”

Cruise had joined Alcoa in 2009 as vice president of Global Public and Government Affairs, responsible for global governmental and regulatory affairs.