Association For Iron & Steel Technology

17-18 JUNE 2025 / NEW YORK MARRIOTT MARQUIS / NEW YORK, N.Y., USA


SPEAKER

BIOGRAPHIES



LOURENCO GONCALVES
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Cleveland-Cliffs

Lourenco Goncalves has been Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland-Cliffs since August 2014. He designed and led the company through a major strategic initiative transforming Cleveland-Cliffs into a leading player in the U.S. steel industry, starting with a complete financial turnaround, followed by growth initiatives in the metallics market and the entry into the steel and prime ferrous scrap businesses. In 2017, Cliffs started the construction in Toledo, Ohio of the world’s most modern Direct Reduction plant, which started operations in November 2020. Mr. Goncalves successfully led four major company acquisitions beginning with AK Steel in March 2020, followed by the acquisition of ArcelorMittal USA in December 2020, Ferrous Processing and Trading Company in November 2021 and most recently Canadian-based Stelco Holdings Inc. in November 2024. With the Toledo plant, Cleveland-Cliffs is the sole producer in the Great Lakes region of hot briquetted iron (HBI), an environmentally friendly metallic feedstock designed to reduce GHG emissions. 

Prior to Cleveland-Cliffs, Mr. Goncalves served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Metals USA Holdings Corp. for over 10 years. Prior to Metals USA, Mr. Goncalves served as President and Chief Executive Officer of California Steel Industries, Inc. for 5 years. Prior to that, he was employed by Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN), a major steel and mining company in Brazil, where he held several positions in operations and sales. From October 2011 to April 2014, Mr. Goncalves was a board member of Ascometal SAS, a manufacturer of special steel headquartered in Paris, France. 

Mr. Goncalves serves on the Board and is Chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute. Mr. Goncalves is a Distinguished Member and Fellow of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST). He received AIST's “Steelmaker of the Year” Award for the year 2021. Also in 2021, S&P Global Platts presented Mr. Goncalves with the “CEO/Chairperson of the Year” Global Metals Award, which honors a leader who is highly respected by both peers and competitors, admired and followed by employees, trusted by investors and welcomed by the community. Under Mr. Goncalves’ leadership, Cleveland-Cliffs was awarded by S&P Global Platts the top Global Metals Award as the “2021 Metals Company of the Year” and the “2021 Deal of the Year” Global Metals Award. Mr. Goncalves was also presented with the 2021 “Steel Advocate of the Year” Award, from Fastmarkets. In 2022, Mr. Goncalves was presented with the Willy Korf/Ken Iverson Steel Vision Award, which honors individuals who have made significant contributions to the steel industry while promoting goodwill and integrity. 

Mr. Goncalves earned a Master of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and a Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Military Institute of Engineering in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


T V NARENDRAN
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Tata Steel Ltd.

T V Narendran is the chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD) of Tata Steel Ltd. As the CEO and MD, he has overseen the organic and inorganic growth of Tata Steel over the last few years. He has over 36 years of experience in the mining and metals industry. Narendran is currently on the boards of Tata Steel Ltd. and Tata International Ltd. and he is the chairman of Tata Steel Europe. He has been elected as chairman of the World Steel Association for 2024–2025. He also serves as senior vice president of All India Management Association (AIMA), is a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and chairs the Boards of Governors of Xavier School of Management (XLRI) and Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur. He is also a member of the Council of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has served as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) from 2021 to 2022. He has also served as the president of the Indian Institute of Metals from 2021 to 2022. He was the co-chair of the Mining & Metals Governors Council of the World Economic Forum from 2016 to 2018. Narendran is a mechanical engineer from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Trichy and earned his M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta. He is a recipient of Distinguished Alumnus Awards from both NIT Trichy and IIM Calcutta. He is a Chevening Scholar and has also attended the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD, France.


SHANNON K. O'NEIL
Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair 
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Shannon K. O’Neil is the senior vice president, director of studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg chair at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where she oversees the work of the more than six dozen fellows in the David Rockefeller Studies Program as well as CFR’s  fellowship programs. She is a leading authority on global trade, supply chains, Mexico and Latin America. O’Neil is the author of The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter and Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead. She is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, and a frequent guest on national broadcast news and radio programs. O’Neil has often testified before Congress, and regularly speaks at global academic, business and policy conferences. She was a Fulbright scholar and a Justice, Welfare, and Economics fellow at Harvard University, and has taught Latin American politics at Columbia University. Before turning to policy, O’Neil worked in the private sector as an equity analyst at Indosuez Capital and Credit Lyonnais Securities. She holds a B.A. degree from Yale University, an M.A. degree in international relations from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University. She is the chair of the board of directors of the Tinker Foundation.

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