ArcelorMittal Europe’s CEO Retires, Appointed Chairman of the Board
07/08/2026 - ArcelorMittal announced Geert Van Poelvoorde, chief executive officer (CEO) of Europe and member of the group management committee, will retire at the end of July and be appointed chairman of the board of ArcelorMittal Europe Steel.
“[Poelvoorde] has pivoted the business towards a safer, cleaner, more digital future, introducing the dynamic pricing concept and launching our green steel certificates, the first step towards creating value from lower carbon products and lead markets for green steel,” said Aditya Mittal, chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal.
Poelvoorde started as a project engineer at the company’s hot strip mill in Ghent in 1989. In 1995, he moved to Bremen and worked for operations and engineering. Then he returned to Ghent as chief operating officer and then chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal Ghent in 2008. Following that, he has held multiple chief executive officer positions within the company and was president of Eurofer from 2015 to 2022.
“It has been an extraordinary 37 years in the steel industry. I could not have imagined when I started out in Ghent how fulfilling and rewarding my career would be. The steel industry is never easy, but it is full of great people who care passionately about the material we make and it has been a great privilege to have been CEO of ArcelorMittal’s European segment for the past five years,” said Poelvoorde.
Poelvoorde started as a project engineer at the company’s hot strip mill in Ghent in 1989. In 1995, he moved to Bremen and worked for operations and engineering. Then he returned to Ghent as chief operating officer and then chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal Ghent in 2008. Following that, he has held multiple chief executive officer positions within the company and was president of Eurofer from 2015 to 2022.
“It has been an extraordinary 37 years in the steel industry. I could not have imagined when I started out in Ghent how fulfilling and rewarding my career would be. The steel industry is never easy, but it is full of great people who care passionately about the material we make and it has been a great privilege to have been CEO of ArcelorMittal’s European segment for the past five years,” said Poelvoorde.
