# William F. Oplinger President and Chief Executive Officer ## Career chronology - **Through 31 October 2026: Alcoa Corporation** — President and Chief Executive Officer. [2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K]() (Executive officers: Oplinger) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Q3 2026 company results [oplinger_q3] Q3 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Alcoa reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of US$3.704 billion and net income attributable to the company of US$483 million, compared with US$232 million in the year-earlier quarter. Management attributes the sequential change partly to mark-to-market gains, costs and commodity prices. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company-level financial result; no executive-specific causal contribution has been established. **Relevance:** Evidence of the operating and financial context, not a personal track-record attribution. [Third Quarter 2026 Results]() (Financial highlights and quarter discussion) ## Industrial safety ### Two Alumar workplace fatalities [oplinger_fatalities] July 2025 and September 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality Alcoa reported a maintenance employee fatality at its Alumar smelter in July 2025, followed by a separate September 2026 employee death that the company determined was work-related. In October 2026 Alcoa said its internal investigation into the latter was complete while it cooperated with partner and authority investigations. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The events occurred during executive tenure; sources do not establish personal fault or an individual breach. **Relevance:** Material safety and operational oversight context. [Fatal Incident at Alumar]() (Incident statement); [Statement on Alumar Fatality Investigation]() (14 October 2026 investigation statement) ## Environmental record ### Huntly clearing undertakings and regulatory transition [oplinger_huntly] Clearing 2019–2025; regulatory actions 2026 · documented · high materiality The Australian federal government reported A$55 million in enforceable undertakings relating to historical Huntly land clearing. The minister explicitly said this was not a court-imposed penalty. On 29 October 2026 the WA government announced tighter conditions under a transitional framework while the independent EPA assessment continued. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Roles overlap part of the period; no individual participation in, or personal responsibility for, the clearing was established. **Relevance:** Material evidence of permitting and environmental management risk. [Interview with Oliver Peterson]() (Minister response on undertakings and non-court characterization); [State Government strengthens regulatory arrangements for Alcoa]() (29 October 2026 conditions and independent assessment) ## Litigation and enforcement ### Camire pension litigation and appeal [oplinger_camire] 2024–2026 · alleged · high materiality Oplinger is among defendants in a pension fiduciary-duty lawsuit. The district court dismissed the suit in March 2025 for lack of standing and denied a motion to amend in February 2026. Plaintiffs appealed; the public docket reviewed recorded filings through August 2026. No later appellate outcome was located in this review. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. He is named as a defendant; dismissal was on standing, not an adjudication of the allegations. Allegations do not establish misconduct. **Relevance:** Material governance and litigation context with unresolved appeal status. [Camire v Alcoa memorandum opinion and order]() (Pages 1–2, background and procedural history); [Camire v Alcoa appeal docket]() (Case parties and August 2026 docket) ### Arconic securities class settlement [oplinger_arconic] 2013–2017 alleged period; settlement approved 2023 · disputed · high materiality Oplinger was among defendants named in Howard v Arconic, a securities action alleging misleading statements related to Reynobond PE. The court approved a US$74 million settlement in 2023. Defendants denied the allegations. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The notice names him as a defendant, but the settlement is not a finding of personal wrongdoing or a determination of the merits. **Relevance:** Relevant historical litigation and governance context. [Arconic notice of proposed settlement]() (Page 1, defendant list and settlement; notice describing allegations); [Arconic Securities Settlement]() (Case, denials and final settlement) ## Suitability for the current role ### Experience and present responsibilities [oplinger_role] Current at cutoff · analyst inference · low materiality Analyst inference: William F. Oplinger has documented experience relevant to president and chief executive officer. Alcoa CFO November 2016 to January 2023 and COO February to September 2023; joined legacy Alcoa in 2000. 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. [2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K]() (Executive officers: Oplinger); [2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K]() (Executive officers: Oplinger) ## 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. - Camire appeal docket last available through 27 August 2026; a later appellate decision was not established. - The underlying partner and regulatory investigation reports into the 2025 and 2026 Alumar deaths were not obtained. - 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.