The Board of Members of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) has elected the following Executive Board of Directors for the 2025/2026 period. The individuals on the Executive Board of Directors will hold office for one year:
- Chair – Uğur DALBELER – CEO, Çolakoğlu Metalurji A.Ş.
- Vice-Chair – Thachat Viswanath NARENDRAN – Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Tata Steel
- Vice-Chair – Abdulqader ALMUBARAK, CEO, Saudi Iron and Steel Company (Hadeed)
- Treasurer – Mark VASSELLA, Managing Director & CEO, BlueScope Steel Limited
The Board of Members has also elected the 2025/2026 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., replacing YU Yong
- 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
- Edwin BASSON, Director General, World Steel Association (worldsteel), as Secretary
The Board of Members has also welcomed the following steel producers as regular members:
- GPH Ispat Limited (Bangladesh) represented by Salehin Musfique SADAF
- OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd. (Australia) represented by Sebastian HAMS
The following is welcomed as an affiliated member:
- Tenova S.p.A. (Italy) represented by Roberto PANCALDI
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- 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.