President - Novelis Asia
Tom Walpole is president of Novelis Asia. Before this appointment in February 2007, Mr. Walpole served as Vice President and General Manager of the Company's Can Products business unit, where he led the development and coordination of Novelis' global strategy in the aluminum can market since 2005.
Mr. Walpole has more than 27 years of aluminum industry experience. Prior to the Novelis spin-off from Alcan Inc. in 2005, he held a number of international positions with Alcan including Vice President, Sales and Marketing, for the Rolled Products operations in Korea and President of the Lithographic, Can and Painted Products business in Europe.
Mr. Walpole graduated from State University of New York at Oswego with a B.S. degree in Accounting, and holds a Master of Business from Case Western Reserve University.
