Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer
Nick Madden is vice president and chief procurement officer for Novelis Inc. With more than 27 years experience in the aluminum industry, Mr. Madden is responsible for the Company’s metal and non-metal sourcing strategies and metal risk management program world-wide.
Prior to this role, which he assumed in 2006, Mr. Madden served as president of Novelis Europe’s Can, Litho and Recycling business unit, created in conjunction with the 2005 spinoff from Alcan Inc. Prior to the spinoff, he was vice president of metal management and procurement for Alcan’s Rolled Products division in Europe since 2000 and was responsible for the secondary recycling business.
Mr. Madden began his career with Alcan in 1979 and held a succession of positions in HR, metal management, marketing and hedging in the UK and Canada. Between 1994 and 2000, he worked as a Director in Lehman Brothers’ Commodity Risk management Group and as Group Metal Manager for the Luxfer Group, a UK-based company that was sold by Alcan to a management buy-in in 1996.
Mr. Madden holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Social Studies, specializing in Industrial Relations, from University College in Cardiff, Wales.
