Ferroglobe PLC announced the appointment of Benoist Ollivier, PhD as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2019. Dr. Ollivier will work closely with division managers to set operational strategy and oversee its execution. He will be in charge of a number of initiatives supporting the Company’s near-term focus on cash generation, including cost savings and efforts to release working capital. Dr. Ollivier holds a PhD in Mineral Chemistry and has over twenty-five years of experience in the industry. He has been a senior member of the Ferroglobe and Grupo FerroAtlántica management teams since 2005, with extensive experience in both R&D and production management in Europe as well as overseas. Most recently, he has served as EVP - Operations for Europe, Africa and Asia and EVP - Technology and R&D.
Ferroglobe PLC is a producer of silicon metal and silicon-based alloys, variety of industrial and consumer products. The Company operates through four segments: United States of America, Canada, France, and Spain. It is involved in quartz mining activities in Spain, the United States, Canada; and South Africa, low-ash metallurgical coal mining activities in the United States, and interests in hydroelectric power in France. It sells its products to a diverse base of customers in a varied range of industries, such as aluminum, silicone compounds used in the chemical industry, ductile iron, automotive parts, renewable energy, photovoltaic (solar) cells, electronic semiconductors, and steel. Its solutions include silicon metal, manganese alloys, ferrosilicon, foundry products, calcium silicon, silica fume, electrodes, pulverized products, silicon for advanced technologies, and other. The Company's subsidiaries include Ferroglobe Finance Company PLC, and Ferroglobe Holding Company Ltd.