The Board of Directors of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) yesterday elected the following new officers for 2018/2019 at the worldsteel General Assembly in Tokyo. The new officers are elected for a one-year period:
Chairman: André JOHANNPETER, Executive Vice Chairman, Gerdau S.A.
Vice Chairman: YU Yong, Chairman, HBIS Group Co., Ltd.
Vice Chairman: Kosei SHINDO, President, Representative Director, Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC)
Treasurer: Sajjan JINDAL, Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Steel Limited
The Board of Directors also elected the 2018/19 Executive Committee:
Wolfgang EDER, voestalpine AG
John FERRIOLA, Nucor Corporation
Sajjan JINDAL, JSW Steel Limited
André JOHANNPETER, Gerdau S.A.
Koji KAKIGI, JFE Steel Corporation
Lakshmi MITTAL, ArcelorMittal
Alexey MORDASHOV, Severstal (PAO)
Thachat Viswanath NARENDRAN, Tata Steel Limited
Roger NEWPORT, AK Steel Corporation
Paolo ROCCA, Techint Group
Kosei SHINDO, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC)
YU Yong, HBIS Group Co., Ltd.
and
Edwin BASSON, World Steel Association
The Board of Directors also welcomed the following companies as new members of worldsteel:
Associate members (steel companies producing less than 2 million short tons (1.8 metric tonnes) per annum):
Liberty Speciality Steel, represented by Jonathan BOLTON
Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited, represented by Fahad JAVAID