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IISI Elects New Officers, Welcomes New Members
10/11/2007 - The IISI Board of Directors welcomed the incoming 2007-2008 Chairman, Posco’s Ku-Taek Lee, as well as the distinguished new group that will serve on IISI’s 2007-2008 Executive Committee. The organization also welcomed a number of new regular, associate, and affiliated members.
As part of its 41st Annual Member Conference in Berlin, the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) announced that its Board of Directors had elected the following new officers:
Chairman — Ku-Taek Lee, Chairman and CEO, Posco
Vice Chairman — John Surma, Chairman and CEO, United States Steel Corp.
Vice Chairman — Lakshmi Mittal, President, ArcelorMittal
Vice Chairman — Paolo Rocca, CEO – President, Techint Group
Elected for one year, the new officers will serve until October 2008.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, the IISI Secretary General Ian Christmas thanked IISI 2006/2007 Chairman John Surma for his support and dedication over the past year. Ian Christmas also welcomed as the new Chairman Ku-Taek Lee and Vice Chairmen John Surma, Lakshmi Mittal and Paolo Rocca.
The Board of Directors also elected the following members to serve on the 2007-2008 Executive Committee:
- Mohammed Al-Jabr, Vice President, SABIC (Hadeed)
- Hajime Bada, JFE Steel Corp.
- Daniel DiMicco, Nucor Corp.
- Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter, Gerdau SA
- Karl-Ulrich Köhler, ThyssenKrupp AG
- Ku-Taek Lee, Posco
- Akio Mimura, Nippon Steel Corp.
- Lakshmi Mittal, ArcelorMittal
- Alexey Mordashov, Severstal JSC
- Paolo Rocca, Techint Group
- John Surma, United States Steel Corp.
- Sakari Tamminen, Rautaruukki Oyj
- Philippe Varin, Corus Group
- Lejiang Xu, Baosteel Group
- Xiaogang Zhang, Anshan Iron & Steel Corp.
- Ian Christmas, IISI
The Board of Directors has also elected and welcomed the following companies and associations as new members of IISI:
Regular Members (steel companies producing more than 2 million tons (1.8 million tonnes) per annum)
· Jiangsu Shagang Group Co Ltd, represented by Wenrong Shen, Chairman and President
· Metinvest Holding LLC, represented by Igor Syry, CEO
· Ovako Holdings AB, represented by Jarmo Tonteri
Associate Members (steel companies producing less than 2 million tons per annum)
· Electrotherm India Ltd
· Latrobe Specialty Steel
Affiliated Members (steel industry institutes and associations)
· Australian Steel Institute
· Associacao Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais ABM
· China Chamber of Commerce for Metallurgy Industry
· Steel Manufacturers Association
Speaking on behalf of the Board of Directors, IISI Secretary General Ian Christmas said: “The Board of Directors expressed their gratitude to John Surma as he completes his year as Chairman and gave a warm welcome to Ku-Taek Lee. We are delighted to welcome our new members on board, IISI members produce around 75% of the world’s steel (excluding China) and the growing membership in China now accounts for over 20% of Chinese production”.
