SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSI

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 18, 2006

Alcan Inc.
 (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Canada
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

1-3677

 

Inapplicable

Commission File Number

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

1188 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3G2
(Address of principal executive offices, including postal code)

  

 

(514) 848-8000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 5.02               DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.

Alcan Inc. announces that Mr. Gwyn Morgan was appointed Director of the Board on January 18, 2006.

Mr. Morgan is Executive Vice-Chairman of Encana Corporation, where he was President and Chief Executive Officer until December 2005. From 1994 to 2002, Mr. Morgan was founding President and Chief Executive Officer of Alberta Energy Corporation, which merged with PanCanadian Energy Corporation to create Encana Corporation. Mr. Morgan is also the lead director of HSBC Bank Canada, a Director of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., and a member of the energy advisory board of Accenture Ltd.

The Board of Directors has not yet determined committee membership for Mr. Morgan.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

ALCAN INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BY:

/s/ Roy Millington

  

 

Roy Millington

 

Corporate Secretary

Date: January 18, 2006