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J. Michael Schell
Executive Vice President, Business Development and Law
Chief Compliance Officer
New York
Mike Schell joined Alcoa in May 2008 as executive vice president, Business Development and Law, a new position that encompasses responsibility for Alcoa's corporate development and legal matters. He is a member of the Alcoa Executive Council, the senior leadership group that provides strategic direction for the company.
Mike comes to Alcoa from Citigroup where he served as Vice Chairman of Global Banking since 2005. At Citigroup, he was a member of the Global Banking Operating Committee and its Executive Committee. Mike devoted his efforts there to senior client relationships and major M&A transactions.
Mike was an M&A lawyer with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP for 26 years. He began his professional career with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in 1976, and was recruited to join the fast-growing M&A group at Skadden, Arps in 1979 after having competed against them. He became a Skadden partner in 1984 and was a key contributor to the development of Skadden's M&A business through the 1980's and 90's. He joined the Skadden/Alcoa team in the mid-1980's and led that representation until he joined Citigroup in mid-2005. He also led Citigroup's representation of Alcoa during his tenure there.
He graduated from Columbia University in 1969 with a B.A. and received his law degree from Boston University in 1976. Mike is active in a variety of charitable, educational and civic activities. He is a trustee of Lake Forest Academy (Illinois) and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies and a member of the Boston University School of Law Board of Visitors, Columbia's Board of Visitors, Georgetown University's Board of Visitors, and the Board of Directors of the Gordon A. Rich Memorial Foundation. He is a former trustee of Boston University.
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