---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-002220"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KALU"
cik: "0000811596"
company_name: "KAISER ALUMINUM CORP"
filed_at: "2025-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T11:47:46.305976+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kaiser Aluminum: Executive Chair Hockema retires; CEO Harvey becomes Chairman; Kimberly Glas appointed director

## Summary
- Jack A. Hockema retired as director and Executive Chair effective January 1, 2025, with no disagreement with the Company.
- Keith A. Harvey, CEO and President, appointed Chairman of the Board, effective January 1, 2025.
- Kimberly T. Glas appointed as Class I director, term expiring at 2025 annual meeting; serves on audit and sustainability committees.
- Glas is President/CEO of National Council of Textile Organizations and served as Commissioner of U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
- Glas brings policy development, labor relations, and manufacturing experience; her compensation is prorated for partial year service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-002220
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KALU
- cik: 0000811596
- company_name: KAISER ALUMINUM CORP
- filed_at: 2025-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811596/000095017025002220/0000950170-25-002220-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811596/000095017025002220/kalu-20241231.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-002220
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-002220.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-002220.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kimberly T. Glas was appointed as Director at KAISER ALUMINUM CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Kimberly T. Glas as a director to fill the vacancy on the Board created by Mr. Hockema’s retirement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811596/000095017025002220/0000950170-25-002220-index.htm
- Executive change
  Keith A. Harvey was appointed as Chairman of the Board at KAISER ALUMINUM CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: the Board appointed Keith A. Harvey, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and a director, as Chairman of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811596/000095017025002220/0000950170-25-002220-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jack A. Hockema retired as Executive Chair at KAISER ALUMINUM CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Chair
  source text: Jack A. Hockema, Executive Chair of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (the “Company”) and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Board, notified the Board of his decision to retire as a director of the Company effective January 1, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811596/000095017025002220/0000950170-25-002220-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.