September 8, 2010
Tim Stubbs has been appointed President and CEO of Sapa effective immediately. Tim recently held the position as Business Area President Sapa Profiles North America, and has been a part of Sapa’s Executive Team since the acquisition of Indalex in August 2009.
Tim was born in England and holds a Masters degree in Metallurgy from Oxford University and an MBA from London Business School. Tim started his career at Rio Tinto, assigned to the extrusion plant in Cheltenham (which today is a Sapa plant) where he was Operations Manager. After Sapa acquired Cheltenham in 1996 and Tim finished his MBA, he was appointed Marketing Director and later Operations Director. In 2000, Tim left Sapa to join Indalex in North America as Business Unit President Eastern region. In 2002 he became SVP Sales and Marketing for Indalex and in 2004 he was appointed CEO. During 2004-2007, Tim was also a board member of Asia Aluminum in Hong Kong. In 2009 Indalex was acquired by Sapa and Tim was appointed Business Area president for Sapa Profiles North America.
“I am very pleased that we have been able to recruit a Sapa-internal candidate to secure continuity and commitment to fulfilling our strategy. I feel confident that Tim, with his broad background from the extrusion industry, working in both Europe and North America and with experience from marketing and sales as well as operations, is more than fully capable to take over the CEO-role in Sapa”, says Bjørn Wiggen, new Chairman of the Board at Sapa.
“I am thrilled to be given this opportunity”, says Tim Stubbs. “Sapa is a great company with great people and I am pleased with the progress we are seeing in many areas. Our ambition remains to continue improving operations and creating more value for our customers through strong local presence and focus on realizing synergies across the group".
Patrick Lawlor has been appointed Business Area President Sapa Profiles North America, effective immediately. In this position he will report to Sapa CEO Tim Stubbs, and he will be part of the Sapa Executive Team.
Patrick was born in Dublin, Ireland and is a Certified Accountant from the College of Commerce in Dublin. From 1986 to 1993 he worked at Price Waterhouse in Oslo, Norway and in 1994 he joined Norsk Hydro as Audit Manager. During the 13 years Patrick was a part of Hydro he held various positions of increasing responsibility including Financial Director at Alupres UK, Managing Director at Heat Transfer plants in Belgium, UK and the US, and General Manager for the Midwest Region at Hydro Aluminum US. In 2007 Patrick joined Indalex as CFO and since 2009 he has been CFO and General Manager Specialty / Business Integration for Sapa Profiles North America.
“I am very pleased that Patrick has accepted to take over as BA President”, says Tim Stubbs CEO of Sapa. “Patrick has a broad operational experience combined with a thorough understanding of the business. I feel confident that he will continue to improve our operations and strengthen Sapa’s position in North America”.
For more information contact:
Jeffrey S. Henderson
Director of Marketing
Sapa Extrusions – North America
Cell: 318-303-2661
Jeffrey.Henderson@sapagroup.com