
Walid Al Attar, Chief Commercial Officer of Emirates Global Aluminium, has reportedly received a prestigious award titled “World’s Top Aluminium Executive 2020-21” at an annual global industry summit in Chicago. The award recognises outstanding long-term contributions to the global aluminium industry every year at the Harbor Aluminium Summit.

Mr Al Attar began his career in 1984 as a trainee transport administrator in the shipping department in Dubai Aluminium. Ten years later, he joined the Company's Marketing and Sales team, playing a key role in the initial transition from selling commodity metal to traders to building direct relationships with customers making products with aluminium. In Emirates Global Aluminium, where Mr Attar joined in 2014 as the Chief Marketing Officer, contributed immensely to enhance production value by focusing on premium aluminium, made to customer specification.
Mr Attar joined EGA when Dubai Aluminium merged with Emirates Aluminium. In 2020, he was promoted to the new position of Chief Commercial Officer. He also serves as President of EGA America Inc., the distributor of the company’s metal in North America.
On receiving the award, Mr Attar commented: “This is an award for the whole of EGA, and recognises the contributions of everyone in driving our growth to become the biggest ‘premium aluminium’ producer in the world. Although we have achieved a great deal over the decades to build EGA into a national industrial champion and leader in its sector, we have bold aspirations for the future – including to further deepen our relationships with our customers, and to grow our economic contribution in the UAE.”
Jorge Vasquez, Founder and Managing Director of Harbor Aluminum, said: “Walid Al Attar is well-respected in the global aluminium industry, both for his pivotal role in the growth of EGA, and for helping make the company the industry's standard for successful marketing & sales and customer relationships. I was honoured to present this award to Walid, on behalf of his industry peers.”
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