Mr. Belda was employed for four decades at the Alcoa Group. In 1969 he was hired by Alcoa Aluminio, Alcoa´s Brazilian affiliate, and held a number of financial and planning positions until being named President of Alcoa Aluminio in 1979. He later assumed the additional responsibility for Alcoa Latin American operations. In 1982, Mr. Belda was elected Vice President of Alcoa, the parent company. In 1997, he was elected President and Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for all operating activities, and from 1999 to 2008 served as President and Chief Executive Officer.
From 1997 to 2012, Mr. Belda served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Citigroup Inc. and from 2009 to 2016 on the Board of Directors of IBM. Since 2009, he has been a Board Member of Renault S.A. as well as leading several associations and councils related to education and charity, in Brazil and abroad.
In 2009, Mr. Belda joined Warburg Pincus based in São Paulo as a member of the firm´s Executive Management Group. He leads the firm’s investment efforts in Latin America and provides strategic counsel across the firm’s portfolio.
Mr. Belda holds a degree in Business Administration from the Mackenzie Presbyterian University.
