Matthew Reed

Matthew Reed

Executive Vice President & Chief Operations Officer at Alcoa

AlcoaPerth, Western Australia, Australia

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Experience24+ Years
LevelCXO

Executive Overview

Matthew is Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer at Alcoa. He has over 25 years’ experience in the mining industry. He has held executive roles with OZ Minerals; where he was accountable for the operation of their Australian and Brazilian Assets plus associated brownfields projects, as well as with Arrium and SIMEC Mining where he had exploration to market responsibility for their iron ore and coking coal businesses. Prior to these he held a series of management and senior management roles with Arrium, led Matrikon’s Advanced Process Control business in Australia and South East Asia as well as fulfilled operational and technical roles within Newcrest Mining and WMC. Matthew holds an MBA from Deakin University and a BE (Chem)(Hons) from the University of Adelaide.

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • AlcoaCurrent
    Jun 2023–Present· 3 yrs 3 mos
    • Executive Vice President, Chief Operations OfficerCurrent
      2024–Present
    • Vice President Operations and President Alcoa Australia
      Jun 2023–Feb 2024
    • Councillor
      Sep 2022–Apr 2023
  • 2021–Apr 2023· 2 yrs 3 mos
    • Group Operations Executive
      Sep 2021–Apr 2023
    • General Manager, Projects
      2021–Aug 2021
  • Jun 2018–Dec 2020· 2 yrs 6 mos
    • Director, Information Technology
      Jun 2018–Dec 2020
  • Sep 2017–Dec 2020· 3 yrs 3 mos
    • Chief Operating Officer
      Sep 2017–Dec 2020
    • Advisory Council Member
      Dec 2015–Dec 2020
    • Member, Advisory Board
      Dec 2015–Dec 2020
  • Jul 2011–Aug 2017· 6 yrs 1 mo
    • Executive General Manager - Mining
      Aug 2015–Aug 2017
    • General Manager - Whyalla Mines & Export/Mining Operations
      Jul 2011–Jul 2015
  • Apr 2004–Jun 2011· 7 yrs 2 mos
    • Manager Operations - Mines & Processing
      Jul 2010–Jun 2011
    • Manager Mining Operations
      Apr 2007–Jun 2010
    • SMR Operations Manager
      Apr 2006–Mar 2007
    • Concentrator Manager
      Apr 2004–Mar 2006
  • Oct 2001–Feb 2004· 2 yrs 4 mos
    • Manager, Advanced Process Control
      Oct 2002–Feb 2004
    • Senior Engineer
      Oct 2001–Sep 2002

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Technology Management

Deakin University

Bachelor of Engineering (BE)

Chemical Engineering

University of Adelaide

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Matthew Reed
Vice Chair & President
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Skills & Expertise

10 of 10 skills
Process EngineeringChange ManagementContinuous ImprovementProject PlanningMiningContract ManagementMineral ProcessingBusiness Process ImprovementOperations ManagementIron Ore