OREANDA-NEWS. Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it is expanding its Investor Relations capability in preparation for the previously announced separation of the Company during the second half of 2016.

Matt Garth, Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, will take on the additional leadership of Alcoa's Investor Relations group. Garth will be the primary point of contact for investors and analysts. Vice President Investor Relations Nahla Azmy, and Patricia Figueroa, Director Investor Relations, will report to Garth.

Garth led Alcoa’s investor relations function from May 2009 to November 2010 before being promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Alcoa’s $3 billion global packaging business. He assumed his current role as head of Financial Planning and Analysis in September 2015.

About Alcoa

A global leader in lightweight metals technology, engineering and manufacturing, Alcoa innovates multi-material solutions that advance our world. Our technologies enhance transportation, from automotive and commercial transport to air and space travel, and improve industrial and consumer electronics products. We enable smart buildings, sustainable food and beverage packaging, high performance defense vehicles across air, land and sea, deeper oil and gas drilling and more efficient power generation. We pioneered the aluminum industry over 125 years ago, and today, our approximately 60,000 people in 30 countries deliver value-add products made of titanium, nickel and aluminum, and produce best-in-class bauxite, alumina and primary aluminum products.