Chief Financial Officer

Hassan Mela is Usalco’s Chief Financial Officer, guiding the company’s financial agenda to accelerate growth and elevate performance. Since joining Usalco in January 2025, Hassan has focused on commercial and operational excellence – optimizing capital discipline, strengthening financial processes, and ensuring disciplined controls that strengthen decision‑making across the enterprise.

Before Usalco, Hassan served as Vice President Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, and Interim Group CFO at Nouryon where he supported enterprise-wide transformation efforts. He also spent nearly a decade at Honeywell in various senior finance roles, including VP, Global Controller, and CFO of the Performance Materials and Technologies division. Earlier in his career, Hassan led external reporting, controls, and financial integration as Assistant Controller at Honeywell.

Hassan began his professional journey at Deloitte where he held various positions, last serving as a senior manager in the Industrial practice. He earned a B.A. in Accounting and an M.S. in Information Systems from Michigan State University. Hassan is a CPA and a Six Sigma Certified Green Belt.