Geoffrey P. Batt

Geoffrey P.
Batt is a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Batt retired from Alcan in January 2004 after a 29-year career as a senior financial manager with the company.
A former Vice President and Financial Controller of Alcan's Rolled Products Americas and Asia business group, Mr. Batt has held senior finance positions in Canada, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Mr. Batt joined Alcan in 1973 as an accountant in Kingston, Canada.
In 1985 he was named Director of Planning and Finance of Alcan Enterprises North America in Montreal.
Two years later he became Finance Director, New Business for Alcan Aluminium S.A.
In 1988, he assumed the position of New Business Development Manager of British Alcan.
He returned to Montreal in 1991 as Assistant Controller for Alcan Aluminium Limited.
Mr. Batt became Treasurer of Alcan Aluminium Limited in 1997 and Chief Financial Officer of Alcan Europe in 1998.
Born in 1947 and a native of Keynsham, England, Mr. Batt attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
In 1975, Mr. Batt received his accounting designation from The Certified General Accountant's Association of Canada.