István Katus appointed vice-president of Arconic Wheel Products

In January, István Katus was appointed to the role of Europe, Middle East & Africa region vice-president and general manager at Arconic Wheel Products. In this position, he has taken on responsibility for growing and improving the profitability of the company’s wheel business within the region. Katus also remains country manager for Hungary.

After working as controller for a Hungarian construction company, István Katus began his career with Alcoa in 1999, as financial analyst for the Köfém wheel plant. In 2006, he additionally took on responsibility for IT within the Wheel Products business area and worked towards integrating the company’s distribution centre and sales office. Katus was appointed director of European financial shared services in 2009, and four years later he became global lead financial accounting services, administering financial accounting for European markets.