Alcoa appoints Matt Reed as Vice President Operations - Australia and President of Alcoa Australia

Alcoa Corporation, the world's eighth largest aluminium producer, has appointed seasoned resource executive Matt Reed as Vice President Operations – Australia and President Alcoa Australia effective 6^th June 2023.

Matt will be based in Perth and will be a key member of Alcoa's worldwide Operations Leadership Team, overseeing the experienced teams who run the company's bauxite mining and rehabilitation, alumina refining, and aluminium smelting operations in Western Australia and Victoria.

Matt has over 25 years of expertise in the Australian and international mining sectors. He was most recently the Operations Executive of OZ Minerals, overseeing running assets and brownfield projects in Australia and Brazil.

Bill Oplinger, Alcoa's Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, said, "Matt had a record of strong leadership guided by his integrity and a passion for building motivated teams that can drive business-wide improvements."

"Matt's previous record includes achievements in delivering improved safety performance, better operational results, and developing the leadership capability of the teams around him."

"The importance of aluminium to help decarbonise the world and support a sustainable future presents many opportunities for our business.

"Matt will be instrumental in ensuring Alcoa Australia is positioned to make the most of those opportunities while navigating evolving societal expectations about the way we access and use local resources."

Matt, who has a combined 15 years of experience working in downstream steel production at Whyalla for SIMEC Mining (formerly One Steel and Arrium Mining), including as Chief Operating Officer, will be familiar with the integrated nature of Alcoa Australia's mining, refining, and smelting activities.

Matt said, "I am excited by the opportunity to lead Alcoa Australia as it enters the next phase of its long history."

"I am pleased to be appointed at a time when Alcoa Australia is celebrating its 60th year of operation. The period ahead represents an opportunity to provide continuity by maintaining the best features of the company's history to date while helping to set new paths for the future."

 "I look forward to bringing my wide-ranging experience from operations with long and successful histories that have evolved to meet new market demands, deliver for employees and their communities, and meet the evolving expectations of stakeholders."