Ilene Gordon has been appointed senior vice president of Alcan Inc. and president and chief executive officer of Alcan Packaging, succeeding Christel Bories, who was recently appointed president and chief executive of Alcan Engineered Products. Both appointments take effect December 1, 2006 .

Gordon, who is presently president of Alcan's Food Packaging Americas sector, will relocate her primary office from Chicago , USA , to Paris , France , where the Group is headquartered.

Gordon will be succeeded in her present role by Mike Schmitt, currently president of Alcan's Food and Specialty Flexibles Packaging business for the Americas .

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

Before joining Pechiney, Gordon spent 17 years with Tenneco Inc., where she was vice president and general manager of the Folding Carton Business from 1997 to 1999, and vice president – Operations from 1994 to 1997.

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