C. Brian H.

With $713M P&L responsibility and reporting to Rusal Americas’ Board of Directors, Brian was hired to reestablish, rebrand and lead Rusal’s America operations (after US-imposed sanctions were lifted) for the world’s 2nd largest aluminum company. In <2 years, he grew the US operations, created a culture of engagement, transparency and accountability, secured ISO 9001 certification, more than doubled sales and manages 300km tons of aluminum value-added products. ✉ Brian.hesse@rusalamerica.com

Brian was hired to build and lead US operations for Vedanta – a $12B global natural resources company based in Mumbai, India. He created and executed a strategic plan to operationalize, build and solidify Vedanta’s brand in the US market. Within a year, he grew the primary aluminum value added product business to ~200k metric tons.

Consulting for companies worldwide seeking industry insight in the aluminum market. Hired exclusively by Vedanta.

Brian built and led the sales organization for Aleris’ B2B commercial and defense industry products in 13 countries. To maintain its position as a global leader in rolled and recycled aluminum, Brian supported the development of a greenfield site in China and helped identify and worked with R&D to identify new products and enter new markets

Administer and supervise $26.5-million high-end infrastructure services while managing eight sales managers in six countries with agents in Israel and S. Korea. ♦ Orchestrate all end result factors, including global defense strategy with VP of marketing, spanning nine different countries to service clients. ♦ Supervised organizational efforts for international defense industry trade show conferences in the U.S., Paris, and London. ♦ Delivered record margins with sales expanding 7% in 2012-2013 in a significantly declining market.

♦ Played integral foundational role researching new markets and aggressively pursued opportunities for sales growth. ♦ Achieved extraordinary market share and revenue results leading directly to joint ventures of sourced material for seamless contractual opportunities in multi-location bids.