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 (until December 2026).
2026-2027 Office Bearers
The following office bearers were elected for a one-year term in October 2026.
The Board of Members of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) has elected the following Executive Board of Directors for the 2026/2027 period.
The individuals on the Executive Board of Directors will hold office for one year:
- Chair – Abdulqader ALMUBARAK, CEO, Saudi Iron and Steel Company (Hadeed)
- Vice-Chair – Uğur DALBELER, CEO, Çolakoğlu Metalurji A.Ş.
- Vice-Chair – Tadashi IMAI, Representative Director, President and COO (Nippon Steel Corporation)
- Chair of Audit Committee – Saeed AL REMEITHI, Group CEO (EMSTEEL)
The Board of Members has also elected the 2026/2027 Executive Committee:
- Abdulqader ALMUBARAK – CEO, Saudi Iron & Steel Company (Hadeed)
- 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.
- LIU Jian – Chairman, HBIS Group Co., Ltd.
- Mark MILLETT – Co-founder, Chairman and CEO, Steel Dynamics, Inc.
- 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
- Hubert ZAJICEK – Member of the Board, CEO of Steel Division, voestalpine AG
- Henrik ADAM, Director General, World Steel Association (worldsteel), as Secretary replacing Edwin BASSON