The Board of Directors has appointed Mr Leon TOPALIAN as the Chairman of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) for a one-year period starting October 2023.
| Name |
Company |
From |
To |
| Leon Topalian |
Nucor Corporation |
2023 |
2024 |
| Jeong-Woo Choi |
POSCO Holdings |
2022 |
2023 |
| Sajjan Jindal |
JSW Steel Limited |
2021 |
2022 |
| Yu Yong |
HBIS |
2019 |
2021 |
| André Johannpeter |
Gerdau |
2018 |
2019 |
| Kosei Shindo |
NSSMC |
2017 |
2018 |
| John Ferriola |
Nucor Corporation |
2016 |
2017 |
| Wolfgang Eder |
voestalpine |
2014 |
2016 |
| Joon-Yang Chung |
POSCO |
2013 |
2014 |
| Alexey Mordashov |
Severstal JSC |
2012 |
2013 |
| Xiaogang Zhang |
Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corporation |
2011 |
2012 |
| Hajime Bada |
JFE Holdings Inc. |
2010 |
2011 |
| Paolo Rocca |
Techint Group |
2009 |
2010 |
| Lakshmi N. Mittal |
ArcelorMittal |
2008 |
2009 |
| Ku-Taek Lee |
POSCO |
2007 |
2008 |
| John P. Surma |
United States Steel Corporation |
2006 |
2007 |
| Guy Dollé |
Arcelor |
2005 |
2006 |
| Akio Mimura |
Nippon Steel Corporation |
2004 |
2005 |
| Kirby C. Adams |
BlueScope Steel Limited |
2003 |
2004 |
| John T. Mayberry |
Dofasco Inc. |
2002 |
2003 |
| Sir Brian Moffat |
Corus Group plc |
2001 |
2002 |
| C.Y. Wang |
China Steel Corporation |
2000 |
2001 |
| Akira Chihaya |
Nippon Steel Corporation |
1999 |
2000 |
| Thomas J. Usher |
USX Corporation |
1998 |
1999 |
| Francis Mer |
Usinor |
1997 |
1998 |
| Mahn-Je Kim |
Pohang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. |
1996 |
1997 |
| Takashi Imai |
Nippon Steel Corporation |
1995 |
1996 |
| Curtis H. Barnette |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
1994 |
1995 |
| Dr Heinz A. Kriwet |
Thyssen AG |
1993 |
1994 |
| Hiroshi Saito |
Nippon Steel Corporation |
1992 |
1993 |
| Brian T. Loton |
The Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. |
1991 |
1992 |
| Walter F. Williams |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
1990 |
1991 |
| Sir Robert Scholey |
British Steel plc |
1989 |
1990 |
| Hiroshi Saito |
Nippon Steel Corporation |
1988 |
1989 |
| David M. Roderick |
USX Corporation |
1986 |
1988 |
| Jan D. Hooglandt |
Hoogovens Groep BV |
1985 |
1986 |
| Yutaka Takeda |
Nippon Steel Corporation |
1983 |
1985 |
| Frederick G. Jaicks |
Inland Steel Company |
1981 |
1983 |
| Dieter Spethmann |
Thyssen Aktiengesellschaft |
1979 |
1981 |
| Eishiro Saito |
Nippon Steel Corporation |
1977 |
1979 |
| George A. Stinson |
National Steel Corporation |
1975 |
1977 |
| Jacques Ferry |
Chambre Syndicale de la Sidérurgie Française |
1973 |
1975 |
| Yoshihiro Inayama |
Nippon Steel Corporation |
1971 |
1973 |
| Logan T. Johnston |
Armco Inc. |
1969 |
1971 |
| Hans-Günther Sohl |
August Thyssen-Hütte AG |
1967 |
1969 |