UC RUSAL announces new North American team

Russian aluminium giant UC RUSAL announced a new senior management team to oversee its North American business. Sergey Bubnov has been appointed president of RUSAL America. He was head of predecessor company RusAl's export sales department between 2003 and 2006 and re-joins after a period with Ferromin Ltd, where he was head of the company's Moscow office. Richard Kellner will assume the new role of chief operating officer of RUSAL America. He joins from Next Chapter Associates, a risk management and insurance advisory company which he founded and will continue to serve as president. Mark Bodner has been appointed as sales director for North America. Bruce Markovitz, formerly president of RUSAL America, will leave the company.