Alcan Promotes Gordon to President/CEO

Chicago, IL—Alcan announces the appointment of Ilene Gordon, 53, to president and chief executive officer of Alcan Packaging and senior vice president of Alcan Inc. Ms. Gordon, who is presently president of Alcan Packaging Food Americas sector, succeeds Christel Bories, who was recently appointed president and CEO of Alcan Engineered Products. Both appointments take effect December 1, 2006.

Ms. Gordon also becomes a member of Alcan’s executive committee. She will relocate her primary office from Chicago, U.S.A., to Paris, France, where the group is headquartered.

Ms. Gordon will be succeeded in her present role by Mike Schmitt, currently president of Alcan Packaging Food Americas’ Food and Specialty Flexibles Packaging business. He continues to be based out of Chicago, U.S.A.

Ms. Gordon has served in her current role since 2004. With sales of US$1.4 billion in 2005, Alcan Packaging Food Americas has 5,000 employees in six countries. Ms. Gordon joined Alcan through the 2003 combination with Pechiney. Prior to Pechiney’s integration within Alcan, Ms. Gordon was president of Pechiney Plastic Packaging, Inc., a global leader in flexible and rigid packaging, and senior vice president of Pechiney Group from 1999 to 2004.

Ms. Gordon has served in her current role since 2004. Before joining Pechiney, Ms. Gordon spent 17 years with Tenneco Inc., where she was vice president and general manager of its folding carton business from 1997 to 1999, and vice president of operations from 1994 to 1997.

Ms. Gordon graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and a Master of Science degree in management from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

She is director and chairman of the governance committee for Arthur J. Gallagher & Company and director and chairman of the human resources committee for United Stationers. Ms. Gordon is also an executive vice chair of the North American Flexible Packaging Association.

Ms. Gordon is married and has two children.

Mr. Schmitt has been instrumental in the growth of Alcan Packaging Food Americas’ flexibles business. He joined the organization as vice president and general manager, Food Flexibles, in 2000. Prior to joining Alcan, Schmitt spent 18 years with Bemis Company Inc., where his last assignment was vice president and general manager of the company’s pet products packaging.

Mr. Schmitt holds a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, and a Bachelor of Science degree in packaging from Michigan State University in East Lansing.

He is 47 and is married with two children.