New Zealand Aluminium Smelters chief executive Stew Hamilton is leaving the company. PHOTO: LUISA GIRAOThe boss of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, whose final years were defined by the company's threat to abruptly close, is leaving for a new job at Mercury, one of New Zealand's largest electricity companies. Stew Hamilton, who has been chief executive and general manager of New Zealand's Aluminium Smelter (NZAS) since 2018, is leaving the company to become general manager of generation at Mercury. I leave in confidence that the Tiwai team will continue to perform at the highest level." Hamilton will join Mercury, which is 51 per cent owned by the Government, in the third quarter of 2021.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 06, 2021 22:52 UTC