Israel Abad serves as Director of Commercial Sustainability at Alcoa, a leading global producer of primary aluminum. In this role, he leads the strategy and market positioning of Alcoa’s portfolio of sustainable products, including the company’s low-carbon and recycled-content offerings. He analyzes sustainability trends, regulatory developments, and evolving customer expectations across the aluminum value chain to inform product strategy for the Sustana® line.
Israel also oversees programs that raise visibility for Alcoa’s breakthrough technologies—such as ELYSIS® and ASTRAEA®—and contributes to the company’s climate change and decarbonization strategies, helping translate innovation into commercial value for customers.
He represents Alcoa in several regional and global aluminum association task forces focused on sustainability, supply chain transparency and low-carbon market transformation.
Israel joined Alcoa in 2022 as Global Marketing Manager for aluminum value-added products, after building his early career in the petrochemical industry.
He holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Valladolid (Spain) and a master’s degree in International Economics from UNED (Spain).