# Emily Olson Executive Vice President and Chief External Affairs Officer ## Career chronology - **Through 31 October 2026: Alcoa Corporation** — Executive Vice President and Chief External Affairs Officer. [Alcoa Names Chief External Affairs Officer]() (Appointment and effective date) - **Before joining Alcoa: Vale Base Metals; Freeport-McMoRan; BP** — Before joining Alcoa, chief sustainability and corporate affairs officer at Vale Base Metals; earlier Freeport-McMoRan and BP external affairs roles.. [Emily Olson]() (Biography, prior employers and education) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported academic qualifications [olson_education] Before 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality Alcoa states that Olson holds a political science bachelor’s degree from Loyola University of Chicago and a master’s degree in international strategy and diplomacy from the London School of Economics. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Qualifications are issuer-reported and have not been independently checked with the universities. **Relevance:** Relevant to external affairs experience. [Emily Olson]() (Biography, qualifications) ## Suitability for the current role ### Experience and present responsibilities [olson_role] Current at cutoff · analyst inference · low materiality Analyst inference: Emily Olson has documented experience relevant to executive vice president and chief external affairs officer. Before joining Alcoa, chief sustainability and corporate affairs officer at Vale Base Metals; earlier Freeport-McMoRan and BP external affairs roles. This documents experience, not a verified individual operating result. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit judgment based on issuer and dated professional records; it is not a finding of personal performance. **Relevance:** Relevant to the stated role; career and contribution evidence varies by person. [Alcoa Names Chief External Affairs Officer]() (Appointment and effective date); [Emily Olson]() (Biography, prior employers and education) ## Evidence gaps - Credential and professional licence claims have not been independently verified with awarding or licensing bodies. - This is limited public-source screening; full prior-employer incident, litigation and regulator records were not obtained, and no personal clearance is inferred. - Individual contribution to aggregate company results is not established. - This report is a preliminary screening: nine topic rows include reused combined and company-level searches. They are not nine separate person-specific searches and do not establish comprehensive prior-employer diligence.