The work of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) is guided by its members and overseen by its Executive Board of Directors.
The Executive Board of Directors is supported by an elected Executive Committee as well as by the Audit Committee and Nominating Committee. All worldsteel officers, including the Chair and members of those Committees are elected during the general meetings of members under the advisement of the Nominating Committee.
Main member representatives of Regular and Affiliated members (referred to as Board of Members) can participate and vote during the general meeting of members. Each member has at least one vote and additional voting rights are set in Article 2 of the Internal Regulations of worldsteel.
Day to day operations of the association are administered by a Director General, who is appointed by the Executive Board. worldsteel’s current Director General is Edwin Basson.
2024-2025 Office Bearers
The following office bearers were elected for a one-year term in October 2024.
The Board of Members has also elected the 2024/2025 Executive Committee:
- Abdulqader AL-MUBARAK – CEO, Saudi Iron & Steel Company (HADEED)
- David BURRITT – President and Chief Executive Officer, United States Steel Corporation
- In Hwa CHANG – Chairman, POSCO Holdings
- Uğur DALBELER – CEO, Çolakoğlu Metalurji A.Ş.
- Masayuki HIROSE – President & CEO, JFE Steel Corporation
- HU Wangming – Chairman, China Baowu Steel Group Corporation Limited
- Tadashi IMAI – Representative Director, President and COO, Nippon Steel Corporation
- Sajjan JINDAL – Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Steel Limited
- André Bier Gerdau JOHANNPETER – Executive Vice Chairman, Gerdau S.A.
- Lakshmi N. MITTAL – Executive Chairman, ArcelorMittal
- Alexey A. MORDASHOV – Chairman of the Board of Directors, Severstal (PAO) (passive member)
- Thachat Viswanath NARENDRAN – Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Tata Steel
- Paolo ROCCA – President and CEO, Techint Group
- Leon TOPALIAN – President & Chief Executive Officer, Nucor Corporation
- YU Yong – Chairman, HBIS Group Co., Ltd. (position currently vacant)
- Hubert ZAJICEK – Member of the Board, CEO of Steel Division, voestalpine AG
- Edwin BASSON, Director General, World Steel Association (worldsteel), as Secretary