worldsteel elects new officers and welcomes new members
The Board of Members of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) has elected the following Executive Board of Directors for the 2024/2025 period. The individuals on the Executive Board of Directors will hold office for one year:
- Chair – Thachat Viswanath NARENDRAN – Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Tata Steel
- Vice-Chair – Uğur DALBELER – CEO, Çolakoğlu Metalurji A.Ş.
- Vice-Chair – Leon TOPALIAN – President & Chief Executive Officer, Nucor Corporation
- Treasurer – Mark VASSELLA, Managing Director & CEO, BlueScope Steel Limited
- Chair of worldstainless – Akihiko INOUE, Representative Director & President, NIPPON STEEL Stainless Steel Corporation
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.
- 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:
- ARTROM STEEL TUBES S.A. (Romania) represented by Magdalena POPESCU
- Ghadir International Development and Industries and Mines Company (GIDIMCO) (Iran) represented by Seyed Abutorab FAZEL
- Libyan Iron & Steel Company (LISCO) (Libya) represented by Mohamed Abdulmalak ELFIGHI
- Optimus Steel, LLC (United States) represented by Luis BARRENECHEA
- Rustavi Metallurgical Plant (Georgia) represented by Igor KORYTKO
- Saarstahl AG (Germany), represented by Stefan RAUBER
The following is welcomed as an affiliated member:
- Al-Hadeed Foundation for Economic Development (AHFED) (Iraq), represented by Ammar Raheem Abdullah AL-SAEDI
Notes
- 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.
