16 October 2019 Monterrey, Mexico

The Board of Directors of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) yesterday elected the following new officers for 2019/2020 at the worldsteel General Assembly in Monterrey.

The new officers are elected for a one-year period:

  • Chairman – YU Yong, Chairman, HBIS Group Co., Ltd.
  • Vice Chairman – Sajjan JINDAL, Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Steel Limited
  • Vice Chairman – André JOHANNPETER, Executive Vice Chairman, Gerdau S.A.
  • Treasurer – Roger NEWPORT, Chief Executive Officer, AK Steel

The Board of Directors also elected the 2019/20 Executive Committee:

  • CHEN Derong, Chairman of the Board, China Baowu Steel Group Corporation Limited
  • Jeong-Woo CHOI, Chief Executive Officer, POSCO
  • Eiji HASHIMOTO, Representative Director and President, Nippon Steel Corporation
  • Sajjan JINDAL, Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Steel Limited
  • André JOHANNPETER, Executive Vice Chairman, Gerdau S.A.
  • Koji KAKIGI, President and CEO, JFE Steel Corporation
  • Lakshmi MITTAL, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, ArcelorMittal
  • Alexey MORDASHOV, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Severstal (PAO)
  • Thachat Viswanath NARENDRAN, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Tata Steel Limited
  • Roger NEWPORT, Chief Executive Officer, AK Steel Corporation
  • Paolo ROCCA, President and CEO, Techint Group
  • Leon TOPALIAN, President and Chief Operating Officer, Nucor Corporation
  • YU Yong, Chairman, – HBIS Group Co., Ltd.
  • Edwin BASSON, Director General, World Steel Association (worldsteel)

The Board of Directors also welcomed the following steel producers as regular worldsteel members:

  • Algerian Qatari Steel (Algeria) represented by Yousef Ahmed AL-MUHANNADI
  • AZA (Chile) represented by Hermann VON MUHLENBROCK
  • Big River Steel (U.S.A.) represented by David STICKLER
  • Chelyabinsk Pipe Plant PJSC (Russian Federation) represented by Boris KOVALENKOV
  • RL Steels and Energy Limited (India) represented by Nitin Narendrakumar GUPTA

The following are welcomed as affiliated members:

  • Chermet Corporation (Russian Federation) represented by Yury MISHIN
  • JPC: Joint Plant Committee (India) represented by Ranjan BANDYOPADHYAY
  • NCSI: National Committee for Steel Industry (Saudi Arabia) represented by Mohammad AL JABR

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Notes to Editors:

The World Steel Association (worldsteel) is one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations in the world, with members in every major steel-producing country. worldsteel represents steel producers, national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes. Members represent around 85% of global steel production.

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