World Steel Association: New leadership and new members
by David Fleschen
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has announced the election of its new Executive Board of Directors for the 2024/2025 term. The elected officers will serve a one-year term in guiding the organization. The Executive Board is composed of key industry leaders:
- Chair: Thachat Viswanath Narendran, CEO & Managing Director, Tata Steel
- Vice-Chair: Uğur Dalbeler, CEO, Çolakoğlu Metalurji A.Ş.
- Vice-Chair: Leon Topalian, President & CEO, Nucor Corporation
- Treasurer: Mark Vassella, Managing Director & CEO, BlueScope Steel Limited
- Chair of worldstainless: Akihiko Inoue, Representative Director & President, NIPPON STEEL Stainless Steel Corporation
In addition, worldsteel’s Executive Committee for 2024/2025 was also confirmed. The committee members represent a range of global steel producers and include prominent figures from major steel companies:
- Abdulqader Al-Mubarak, CEO, Saudi Iron & Steel Company (HADEED)
- David Burritt, President & CEO, 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 & COO, Nippon Steel Corporation
- Sajjan Jindal, Chairman & 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, CEO & Managing Director, Tata Steel
- Paolo Rocca, President & CEO, Techint Group
- Leon Topalian, President & CEO, 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, worldsteel (Secretary)
The Board of Members also announced the addition of several new regular members:
- ARTROM STEEL TUBES S.A. (Romania), represented by Magdalena Popescu
- Ghadir International Development and Industries and Mines Company (Iran), represented by Seyed Abutorab Fazel
- Libyan Iron & Steel Company (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
Additionally, the organization welcomed the Al-Hadeed Foundation for Economic Development (Iraq) as an affiliated member, represented by Ammar Raheem Abdullah Al-Saedi.
Source: Worlsteel, Photo: Tata Steel