Michael P. Ferraro

Mr Ferraro was appointed Chief Executive Officer effective from 1 June 2017. He has responsibility for the overall management of Alumina Limited in accordance with the strategy, policies and business processes adopted by the Board. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Mr Ferraro was a Non-Executive Director of the Company, appointed on 5 February 2014 and was a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Compensation Committee and a former member and Chair of the Nomination Committee. Mr Ferraro is currently a Non-Executive Director of Helloworld Travel Limited (appointed Jan 2017).

Immediately before his appointment as CEO of the Company, Mr Ferraro was Partner, Client Development-Asia Pacific at Herbert Smith Freehills - a global law firm, and was formerly head of the Corporate Group at the firm. He was also a member of their executive management team. Between 2008 and 2010 Mr Ferraro was Chief Legal Counsel at BHP Billiton Ltd.

Mr Ferraro has considerable experience in the resources sector and has over 30 years of experience in joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, fund raising, and regulatory issues across a wide range of sectors and countries. He also has considerable experience in the commercial and financing aspects of large transactions gained from a number of years in investment banking as a corporate adviser.