Real Industry, Inc. announced that Mr. Craig T. Bouchard, formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the company, has stepped down from the company. The company's Board of Directors has elected Mr. Kyle Ross, the company's Chief Financial Officer, as President, Interim Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer and has elected Mr. William Hall as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Hall noted, Craig has been instrumental in leading Real Industry's growth and development as a Nasdaq-listed public company.

Craig and the Board of Directors mutually agreed that this is the right time for a leadership transition now that the Real Alloy integration is complete. Mr. Ross, who will continue to serve as the Company's Chief Financial Officer until a replacement is appointed. Mr. Ross has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Real Industry since March 2011 and as an Executive Vice President since June 2010.

Mr. Hall, who was first elected to Real Industry's Board in May 2015, has thirty-five years of experience as a senior executive in public companies, including Falcon Building Products (CEO), Fruit of the Loom (President/COO), and Cummins (Executive VP), and in private companies with public securities, including Eagle Industries (CEO).