Matthew Reed
Executive Vice President & Chief Operations Officer at Alcoa
Alcoa•Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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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
- AlcoaCurrentJun 2023–Present· 3 yrs 3 mos
- Executive Vice President, Chief Operations OfficerCurrent2024–Present
- Vice President Operations and President Alcoa AustraliaJun 2023–Feb 2024
- Sep 2022–Apr 2023· 7 mos
- CouncillorSep 2022–Apr 2023
- 2021–Apr 2023· 2 yrs 3 mos
- Group Operations ExecutiveSep 2021–Apr 2023
- General Manager, Projects2021–Aug 2021
- Jun 2018–Dec 2020· 2 yrs 6 mos
- Director, Information TechnologyJun 2018–Dec 2020
- Sep 2017–Dec 2020· 3 yrs 3 mos
- Chief Operating OfficerSep 2017–Dec 2020
- Dec 2015–Dec 2020· 5 yrs
- Advisory Council MemberDec 2015–Dec 2020
- Dec 2015–Dec 2020· 5 yrs
- Member, Advisory BoardDec 2015–Dec 2020
- Jul 2011–Aug 2017· 6 yrs 1 mo
- Executive General Manager - MiningAug 2015–Aug 2017
- General Manager - Whyalla Mines & Export/Mining OperationsJul 2011–Jul 2015
- Apr 2004–Jun 2011· 7 yrs 2 mos
- Manager Operations - Mines & ProcessingJul 2010–Jun 2011
- Manager Mining OperationsApr 2007–Jun 2010
- SMR Operations ManagerApr 2006–Mar 2007
- Concentrator ManagerApr 2004–Mar 2006
- Oct 2001–Feb 2004· 2 yrs 4 mos
- Manager, Advanced Process ControlOct 2002–Feb 2004
- Senior EngineerOct 2001–Sep 2002
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Technology Management
Deakin UniversityBachelor of Engineering (BE)
Chemical Engineering
University of Adelaide