Mr. Finance

Alcan/Alcoa Merger: This One Won't Be Easy

Here is an excerpt from the May 7, 2007 post on the NewsVisual.com blog titled "Visual Map of Alcoa - Alcan's Deep Board Connections"

Alcoa's unsolicited bid for Alcan, probably involved a number of individuals who were or are deeply connected in the network of board of directors. The extend of the board interrelationships of these two organizations can be best represented by IntellectSpace's dynamic Knowledge Map (URL Below).

Most notable Board relationships between between Alcoa and Alcan include:

Alcoa - Henry Chacht - Warburg Pincus - Jeffrey Garten - Alcan
Alcoa - Franklin A Thomas - Citicorp/Citibank - H Onno Ruding - Alcan
Alcoa - Franklin A Thomas - Citicorp/Citibank - Lawrence E Fouraker - Alcan
Alcoa - Paul H O'Neill - GM - Guy Sait Pierre - Alcan
On an interactive Knowledge Map, to see the details (dates, titles, etc) of the board positions denoted by colored lines, just hover your mouse (granted that you are using Internet Explorer as your browser). To "drill down" into the details of the relationship, just double-click on a given relationship line.

An interactive version of the Knowledge Map can be found here (Internet Explorers only): fn.intellectspace.com/...

Alcoa and Alcan: Don't Be Surprised if Other Mining Giants Get Involved

Alcoa's unsolicited bid for Alcan, probably involved a number of individuals who were or are deeply connected in the network of board of directors. The extend of the board interrelationships of these two organizations can be best represented by IntellectSpace's dynamic Knowledge Map (URL Below).

Most notable Board relationships between between Alcoa and Alcan include:

Alcoa - Henry Chacht - Warburg Pincus - Jeffrey Garten - Alcan
Alcoa - Franklin A Thomas - Citicorp/Citibank - H Onno Ruding - Alcan
Alcoa - Franklin A Thomas - Citicorp/Citibank - Lawrence E Fouraker - Alcan
Alcoa - Paul H O'Neill - GM - Guy Sait Pierre - Alcan
On an interactive Knowledge Map, to see the details (dates, titles, etc) of the board positions denoted by colored lines, just hover your mouse (granted that you are using Internet Explorer as your browser). To "drill down" into the details of the relationship, just double-click on a given relationship line.

An interactive version of the Knowledge Map can be found here (Internet Explorers only): fn.intellectspace.com/...

IntellectSpace's analysis involving not just board members, but also non-profit affiliations, organization memberships, investments, education and other types of relationships of the Alcoa/Alcan's board further "tangles the web."

For example: James Pasman, Henry Schacht, Klaus Kleinfield, Kenneth Dam, Paul O'Neill, Ernasto Zedillo, and James Owens (all of whom have or had a board affiliation of Alcoa) are members of the Business Council, Council of Foreign Relations, Business Roundtable, Conference Board, and Trilateral Commission.

A complete IntellectSpace Knowledge Map representing these extensive relationships is available here: fn.intellectspace.com/...