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Wade Hughes is an Australian based in New York City, where he currently holds the position of Director, Public Strategy for the Global Primary Products Growth group. This group is tasked with working closely with Alcoa Corporate, Regional and Business Unit organizations to identify and assess potential growth opportunities worldwide in mining, alumina refining, power generation, and aluminum smelting.

Mr. Hughes has served Alcoa for 19 years; the first five as a consultant. Over the past 14 years he has held a variety of management positions principally in the field of employee communications, community relations, government affairs, and environment, health and safety. He has served at operating location, regional, national, and global Corporate levels within Alcoa.

Mr. Hughes holds a Certificate of Applied Science and an Associate Diploma in Commerce from Deakin University. He was admitted as a Full Member to the Public Relations Institute of Australia in 1986. He was elected a Member of the Explorers Club in 2004, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 2005.


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