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ATI names new chief executive
Written by Laura Miller
February 23, 2024
Kimberly A. Fields, current president of specialty metals producer ATI, has been named president and CEO of the Dallas-based company, effective July 1.
Fields has served as COO of ATI since 2022 and president since July 2023. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she worked for IDEX Corp., Evraz, and GE.
Fields will succeed current ATI CEO Robert S. Wetherbee, who will now serve as executive chairman for the company. Wetherbee was named president and CEO in 2018 and chairman of the board in 2020.
“Kim is ready to lead this organization. Her demonstrated operational and commercial success makes her proven to perform. As ATI’s next CEO, Kim will further accelerate our growth and value creation,” Wetherbee commented in a statement.
ATI is a specialty metals and materials producer serving the aerospace, defense, oil and gas, chemical, electrical energy, and medical sectors.
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