MICHAEL A. BLESS

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Filing Date Source Excerpt
2018-03-16 Michael A. Bless, President and Chief Executive Officer of Century Aluminum Company ("Century") since 2011 and a director of Century since 2012. He joined Century in 2006 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bless serves on the Board of Directors for Simpson Manufacturing Company Inc., a publicly traded company, and is a National Trustee for the Midwest Region for Boys & Girls Club of America. His expansive financial knowledge, experience leading a public company and technical expertise is valuable to our Board. He serves on Audit, Compensation and Finance Committees. Mr. Bless was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors on October 13, 2017. Age 52.
2019-03-15 Michael A. Bless, President and Chief Executive Officer of Century Aluminum Company ("Century") since 2011 and a director of Century since 2012. He joined Century in 2006 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bless serves on the Board of Directors for Simpson Manufacturing Company Inc., a publicly traded company, and is a National Trustee for the Midwest Region for Boys & Girls Club of America. His expansive financial knowledge, experience leading a public company and technical expertise is valuable to our Board. He serves on Audit, Compensation and Finance Committees. Mr. Bless was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors on October 13, 2017. Age 53.
2020-03-20 Michael A. Bless, President and Chief Executive Officer of Century Aluminum Company ("Century") since 2011 and a director of Century since 2012. He joined Century in 2006 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bless serves on the Board of Directors for Simpson Manufacturing Company Inc., a publicly traded company, and is a National Trustee for the Midwest Region for Boys & Girls Club of America. His expansive financial knowledge, experience leading a public company and technical expertise is valuable to our Board. He serves on the Audit, Compensation and Finance Committees. Mr. Bless has served as a director since 2017. Age 54.
2021-03-19 Michael A. Bless, President and Chief Executive Officer of Century Aluminum Company ... He serves on the Audit and Finance Committees and is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Bless has served as a director since 2017. Age 55.
2022-03-18 Michael A. Bless, Retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Century Aluminum Company ("Century"), positions Mr. Bless held from 2011 to July 2021. He also served as a director of Century from 2012 until July 2021. He joined Century in 2006 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bless currently serves on the Board of Directors for Enact Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded company. His expansive financial knowledge, experience leading a public company and technical expertise is valuable to our Board. He serves on the Audit and Finance Committees and is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Bless has served as a director since 2017. Age 56.
2023-03-17 Retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Century Aluminum Company
2024-03-22 Michael A. Bless Retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Century Aluminum Company 2017
2025-03-21 Mr. Bless held the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer of Century Aluminum Company.

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2017-04-11 Michael A. Bless Age: 51 Director nominee for election to the Board at the 2017 Annual Meeting Independent director No committees assigned yet No compensation stated for 2016 Excerpt: "Michael A. Bless has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Century Aluminum Company since November 2011... If Mr. Bless is elected to the Board at the 2017 Annual Meeting, the Board currently anticipates to appoint him to one or more committee positions as appropriate."
2018-03-13 Michael A. Bless ... He is a member of the Audit and Finance Committee and the Corporate Strategy and Acquisitions Committee. ... Director Compensation table shows Michael A. Bless received total $111,456 in 2017.
2019-03-14 Michael A. Bless ... He is a member of the Audit and Finance Committee and the Corporate Strategy and Acquisitions Committee.
2020-03-11 Michael A. Bless, Independent Chief Executive Officer of Century Aluminum Company. Age: 54 Director Since: 2017 Committee Assignments: Audit and Finance, Corporate Strategy and Acquisitions. 2019 Director Compensation Table shows total compensation of $187,505.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2026-02-03