Kimberly Fields to Lead ATI’s Flat Rolled Products Group
March 12 2019 - 8:00AM
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Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: ATI) announced that
effective April 1, 2019, Kimberly A. Fields will join ATI as
Executive Vice President with full P&L responsibility for the
Flat Rolled Products Group, succeeding Robert S. Wetherbee, who
held this role until becoming ATI’s President and CEO.
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As Executive Vice President of the FRP Group, Ms. Fields will be
responsible for all aspects of the group’s business strategy, sales
and operations, and functional and business line leaders, to drive
growth, earnings and cash flow. ATI’s leadership position as a
producer of stainless-steel sheet, specialty plate, and specialty
coil is backed by one of the world’s most powerful mills. Ms.
Fields will report directly to Mr. Wetherbee, ATI’s President and
CEO.
Ms. Fields brings 20 years of global experience with a focus on
growth and operational excellence. In her role at IDEX Corporation,
a global company that develops, designs, and manufactures fluidics
systems and specialty engineered products, she served as Group
President for Industrial and Energy. She had full P&L
responsibility for $750 million of revenue in businesses operating
globally across 15 manufacturing locations and sales offices. She
led a team of 2,000 and dramatically improved profitability and
accelerated growth in the business portfolio. She joined IDEX in
April 2014 as President of GAST Manufacturing, a leader in the
design and manufacturing of air-moving products with locations in
Michigan, the United Kingdom and China. In 2015, she was promoted
to Group President. During her tenure as Group President,
additional business units were added in 2016 and 2018.
Previously, Ms. Fields served as Executive Vice President for
the integrated global steel producer EVRAZ, where she had full
responsibility for all activities for the $2 billion North American
Flat Products business. From 2008 to 2011, Ms. Fields was General
Manager of Industrials for GE Energy, with global responsibility
for growing GE’s penetration in metals, petrochemicals and mining
segments. Prior to her successes at GE, Ms. Fields held commercial,
manufacturing, and strategic leadership positions with Alcoa, The
Boston Consulting Group, and Owens Corning Fiberglass. She also was
a founding member of the online metals trading site
MetalSpectrum.
“ATI’s Flat Rolled Products has made great progress in recent
years, transforming our business to increase asset utilization in a
capital-efficient manner and improve our product mix to increase
volumes in our high-value specialty grades,” said Mr. Wetherbee.
“Kim’s proven record of driving change, and improving profitability
through strong execution, innovation and a focus on customers will
help her to accelerate FRP’s gains and continue to grow
profitability. Kim’s demonstrated commitment to safety and
collaboration with customers makes her an excellent fit for ATI’s
culture.”
Ms. Fields earned a BS in Ceramic Engineering from the
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and an MBA from the
Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern
University.
Creating Value Thru Relentless Innovation™
ATI is a global manufacturer of technically advanced specialty
materials and complex components. ATI revenue was $4.0 billion for
the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2018. Our largest
markets are aerospace & defense, particularly jet engines. We
also have a strong presence in the oil & gas, electrical
energy, medical, automotive, and other industrial markets. ATI is a
market leader in manufacturing differentiated specialty alloys and
forgings that require our unique manufacturing and precision
machining capabilities and our innovative new product development
competence. We are a leader in producing powders for use in
next-generation jet engine forgings and 3D-printed aerospace
products. See more at our website ATImetals.com.
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