Aleris has named Mr Steven A Faas senior VP and chief information officer. Mr Faas joins the company today and will lead all Information Technology activities for the company, including global enterprise resource planning.

Mr Faas joins Aleris from Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC, where he served as CIO and IT Operations executive since 2008. Before joining Cerberus he was a consultant with the IT Turnaround Services practice at AlixPartners, LLP. Prior to that Mr Faas was vice president and CIO for ITT Corporation. He began his career at General Electric Company and served for 18 years in Finance, Human Resources, Operations and IT roles including as CIO for GE Energy Products.

Mr Steven J Demetriou chairman and CEO of Aleris said that "Mr Steve brings a wealth of experience in IT to this important role. His outstanding leadership and execution skills and strong business orientation will enable us to use IT more strategically in support of our growth objectives."