Leadership in the steel industry - who's who - 2008 management directory.

Steel Industry Who's Who

Top industry executives



Title First name Surname Job title Company Country
Mr Yang Xin Fa General Secretary Shanghai Association of Shipbuilding Industry China
Mr Zheng Wei Fan Chairman and President Panzhihua Iron & Steel China
Mr David Fang General Manager China Coal Marketing and Transport Association China
Mr Olof Faxander CEO SSAB Sweden
Mr Andrey Fedoseyev President Association of Metal Traders Ukraine
Mr Loic Feinbier Head of Competence Centre ThyssenKrupp Germany
Mr Frank Fisher President Castrip USA
Mr Alexander Fomenko General Director Volgastal [Red October] Russia
Mr Andrew Forrest Chief Executive Officer Fortescue Metals Group Australia
Mr Peter Freyberg Chief Executive Xstrata Coal Switzerland
Mr Alexander Frolov CEO Evraz Group Russia
Mr Piotr Galitzine Chairman TMK IPSCO Canada
Mr Leo W Gerard President United Steelworkers, USW USA
Mr Jorge Gerdau Chairman Gerdau Brazil
Mr Ivan Glasenberg CEO Glencore International Switzerland
Mr Jose Gonzalez Chairman Acerinox Spain
Mr James W Griffith President & CEO Timken USA
Mr Maxim Gubiev CEO Metalloinvest Russia
Mr Neil D Hamilton Chairman & Non Executive Director Mount Gibson Iron Australia
Mr Richard J Harshman CFO Allegheny Technologies USA
Mr Patrick L Hassey Chairman, President & CEO Allegheny Technologies USA
Ms Becky Hites Managing Partner World Steel Dynamics USA
Mr Ma Honglie Chairman Jiuquan China
Mr Jim Hrusovsky CEO SeverCorr USA
Mr Tianwen Huang President Sinosteel Corporation China
Mr Dim Huy Tam General Secretary Vietnam Steel Association Vietnam
Mr Yasuo Inubushi President Kobe Japan
Mr Luigi Iperti Vice President Techint Italy
Mr Alexey G Ivanushkin COO Mechel Group Russia
Mr Martin Ivert President & CEO LKAB Sweden
Mr David C Jeanes President Steel Market Development Institute USA
Mr Zou Jian Chairman China Metallurgical Mines Association China
Mr Gu Jianguo General Manager Ma'anshan Steel Works China
Mr Wang Jianye Chairman China Heavy Machinery Industry Association China
Mr Ratan Jindal Managing Director Jindal Stainless India
Mr Wang Jiong Vice President Wuhan Iron & Steel China
Mr Ola Johnsson President & CEO LKAB Sweden
Mr Jean Jouet CEO ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih Ukraine
Mr Jiang Kaiwen Chairman Laiwu China
Mr Jeff Kabel Vice President Koch Metals Trading Ltd USA
Mr Mark E Kaplan President & CFO Weirton Steel USA
Mr Hans Jurgen Kerkhoff Chairman German Steel Industry Association Germany
Mr Igor Khafizov CEO Mechel Mining Russia
Mr Vasiliy Kharakhulakh Director General Metallurgprom Union Ukraine
Mr Michael Kiernan Chairman Territory Resources Australia
Dr Osman Kilavuz Member of Board and President Kardemir Iron & Steel Turkey
Mr Joon Ham Kim CEO & President POSCO Research Institute Korea
Mr Alexander Kirichko CEO Interpipe Ukraine
Mr Karlis M Kirsis President World Steel Dynamics USA
Dr Marius Kloppers CEO BHP Billiton Australia
Mr Eizo Kobayashi President & CEO Itochu Japan
Mr Serafim Kolpakov President International Union of Metallurgists Russia
Mr Andrey Komarov Chairman of the Board ChTPZ Russia
Mr John Kopfle Director of Corporate Development Midrex Technologies USA
Mr Sergey Kovalenko Head of Marketing Ilyich Iron & Steel Works Ukraine
Mr Viktor Kovshevny CEO Rusmet Russia
Mr Aleksandr Kozitsin General Manager Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company Russia
Mr Graham Kraehe Chairman BlueScope Steel Australia
Mr Johann Kriechmair Vice President - Integrated Plants Siemens-VAI Metals Technologies GmbH Germany
Mr Leonid Ksaverchuk President Mining & Metallurgy Association Ukraine
Dr Christian Kuhn Head of Steel and Coke Railion Germany
Mr Valentin Kulichenko President Metal Scrap Association Ukraine
Mr Alexey Kushnarev MD NTMK Russia
Mr Sergei Kuznetsov CFO Severstal Russia
Dr Chang-ho Kwag Director POSCO Research Institute India
Mr Aleksey Lapshin President NLMK Russia
Mr Ku-taek Lee CEO POSCO Korea
Mr Wolfgang Leese CEO Salzgitter AG Germany
Mr Xu Lejiang President Baosteel Group Corporation China
Mr Jim Leng Deputy Chairman Tata Steel Group India
Mr Benny Levene Chief Legal Counsel Xstrata Switzerland
Mr Yao Lin Vice President Anshan China
Mr Wen-Yuan Lin Chairman & CEO China Steel Corporation Taiwan
Mr Wang Ling Vice President Wuhan Iron & Steel China
Mr Xue Linhu Chairman Sinosteel Xingtai Machinery & Mill Roll Company China
Dr Vladimir S Lisin Chairman Novolipetsk Iron & Steel Russia
Mr Dmitry Livshits CEO Azovstal Ukraine
Mr Mario Longhi CEO Gerdau Ameristeel USA
Dr Thomas Ludwig CEO Klockner Germany
Mr Ku-Taek Lee is currently also Chairman of IISI; the International Iron and Steel Institute



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The who's who list above covers current management positions in international steel sector leadership and executive roles as at early Q1 / Q2 2008. The industry coverage includes iron and steelmaking including upstream iron ore, downstream processing / product distribution, ferroalloys supply and the production of other selected metals. Please let us know of any significant errors and / or omissions. Thank you.





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