The Board of Directors of Real Industry, Inc. appointed Kelly G. Howard as General Counsel, Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the company. Ms. Howard's appointment is in connection with the company's previously announced efforts to increase the internal support, fundraising and deal-making capabilities of the company, which the company believes will further its measures to reduce professional fees. Ms. Howard has a longstanding relationship with the company starting in spring 2013. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Howard served as a Partner for five years in the Corporate Group of the law firm of Crowell & Moring, LLP, where she counseled public and private companies, hedge funds, private equity firms, individual investors, corporate executives and entrepreneurs on matters of securities, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and general corporate law.