SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSI

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 24, 2006

Alcan Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Canada
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

1-3677		Inapplicable
Commission File Number		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1188 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3G2
(Address of principal executive offices, including postal code)

(514) 848-8000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Alcan Inc. is reviewing succession options related to the departure of Cynthia Carroll, currently Senior Vice President of Alcan Inc. and President of the Company's Primary Metal business group.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	ALCAN INC.



BY:	/s/ Roy Millington
	Roy Millington
	Corporate Secretary

Date: October 24, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ALCAN REVIEWING SUCCESSION OPTIONS FOR DEPARTING PRESIDENT OF ITS PRIMARY METAL GROUP

SUCCESSOR TO BE NAMED BY YEAR-END

Montreal, Canada - October 24, 2006 - Alcan Inc. announced today that it is reviewing succession options related to the departure of Cynthia Carroll, currently Senior Vice President of Alcan Inc. and President of the Company's Primary Metal business group. Effective mid-January 2007, Ms. Carroll will be joining Anglo American plc to become Chief Executive Officer. A successor is expected to be announced by year-end and the business will continue reporting to her in the interim.

"Cynthia has played a key role in Alcan's growth and development as well as its merger integration activities," said Dick Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alcan Inc. "On behalf of the entire Alcan family, I wish to thank her for her contribution and wish her every success in her new role," he added.

"Alcan has built substantial depth and management capability in its team and as such, we expect to be in a position to name a successor before Cynthia departs at year-end. I have every confidence that the strong team in place will continue to deliver on our attractive pipeline of primary metal growth projects," Evans added.

Alcan Inc. (NYSE, TSX: AL) is a leading global materials company, delivering high quality products and services worldwide. With world-class technology and operations in bauxite mining, alumina processing, primary metal smelting, power generation, aluminum fabrication, engineered solutions as well as flexible and specialty packaging, today's Alcan is well positioned to meet and exceed its customers' needs. Alcan is represented by 65,000 employees in 61 countries and regions, and posted revenues of US$20.3 billion in 2005. The Company has featured on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index consecutively since 2003. For more information, please visit: www.alcan.com.

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