Ilene Gordon has been appointed senior vice president of Alcan Inc. and president and chief executive officer of  Alcan Packaging. Gordon, who is presently president of Alcan’s Food Packaging Americas sector, succeeds Christel Bories, who was recently appointed president and chief executive officer of Alcan Engineered Products and president and CEO, Alcan Inc.

Gordon also becomes a member of Alcan’s executive committee. She will relocate her primary office from Chicago to Paris, where the Group is headquartered.