As head of Extruded Products, Kock has the responsibility for aluminium extrusion activities with 9,700 employees in the sectors Precision Tubing, Building Systems, Extrusion North America, Extrusion South America and Extrusion Eurasia.
Kock began his career in 1980 with Baader North American Corp. in the U.S. He has held a number of management positions in VIAG AG in Bonn, VAW aluminium AG, VAW Australia Pty. Ltd. and Aluminium Norf GmbH.
In 1998, he was appointed managing director of VAW's rolled products plant in Slim, Italy, in 2002 to become part of Hydro. From 2004 to 2006 he was chief financial officer of Hydro's Rolled Products sector and sector president from 2006 to 2007. He was head of Finance in Hydro's Aluminium Products business area from 2007 to 2009 and in the Extruded Products area from 2009 to 2010.
Kock was born in 1954 and has a degree in business administration and engineering from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.
