The Watermill Group names senior VP/chief strategy officer

The Watermill Group, a strategy-driven private investment firm in Lexington, Mass., has hired Brian J. Malloy as senior vice president and chief strategy officer for Fine Tubes Ltd. in the U.K. and Superior Tube Co. in the U.S., two companies it acquired in 2012.

Malloy has more than 20 years of experience in the metals manufacturing industry. A holder of five patents, he earned an MBA from the Mason School of Business at William and Mary and received his bachelor's degree from the Charles E. Via School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech.

Malloy recently served as global vice president of commercial operations and strategy within Alcoa’s Power and Propulsion and Forged Products businesses. Previously he led increasingly complex market and technical operations that focused on monetizing products and increasing overall enterprise value.