Paul Warton, President of Automotive Structures and Industry Business Unit at global aluminium company Constellium, has been appointed as Executive Vice President for Hydro’s Extruded Solutions business area.
The 59 years old aluminium industry professional, Paul Warton will report to President and CEO Hilde Merete Aasheim and join the Corporate Management Board. He will start his new position on 1st February 2021, replacing Egil Hogna, who will leave Hydro to become CEO at Nordic consultancy Norconsult.
Warton has extensive experience from the aluminium industry, which includes different leadership positions in US-based aluminium company Alcoa and aluminium extrusions company Sapa, now a part of Hydro. He has worked in Constellium since 2010. He holds a degree in production engineering from the University of Birmingham and an MBA from London Business School.
Egil Hogna will leave Hydro on 1st December’20. Erik Fossum, Head of Precision Tubing in Extruded Solutions, will act as EVP of Extruded Solutions until Warton joins Hydro on 1st February 2021.
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