Tuesday, May 24, 2011





New office bearers and new member for ISSF
The office bearers and members of the Executive Committee are:
Chairman:
Chang Kwan Oh,
Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President, POSCO
Vice Chairmen:
Bernard Fontana
Chief Executive Officer, Aperam
Bernardo Velázquez,
Chief Executive Officer, Acerinox Group
Treasurer:
Mika Seitovirta,
President & Chief Executive Officer, Outokumpu Oyj
Secretary General:
Pascal Payet-Gaspard,
Secretary General, International Stainless Steel Forum
Executive Committee Members:
Dingbo Lou,Vice President, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. and President, Stainless Steel Business Unit
Ratan Jindal,
Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Jindal Stainless Ltd.
Xiaobo Li,
Chairman, Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd.
Clemens Iller,
Chief Executive Officer, ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH
Hiroshi Kinoshita,
Representative Director President, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corp.
Jeffrey HsuVice President, YUSCO Group
The officers will serve a one-year term, which expires in May 2012.

The meeting also elected the ISSF Board. The following Board members were elected and will serve a one-year term which expires in May 2012:
Bernardo Velázquez
Chief Executive Officer, Acerinox Group
Bernard Fontana
Chief Executive Officer, Aperam
Dingbo Lou
Vice President, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. and President, Stainless Steel Business Unit
David Martin
Chief Executive Officer, Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd.
Tadashi Shimao
President & CEO, Daido Steel Co., Ltd.
Hiroshi Ueda
Vice President, JFE Steel Corporation
Ratan Jindal
Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Jindal Stainless Ltd.
Toshinori Miki
President & CEO, Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
Hiroshi Kinoshita
Representative Director President, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corp.
Mika Seitovirta
President & Chief Executive Officer, Outokumpu Oyj
Chang-Kwan Oh
Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President, POSCO
Xiaobo Li
Chairman, Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd.
Clemens Iller
Chief Executive Officer, ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH
Benedikt Niemeyer
CEO, Schmolz+Bickenbach Edelstahl GmbH
Jeffrey Hsu
Vice President, YUSCO Group
Pascal Payet-Gaspard
Secretary General, International Stainless Steel Forum

New member :

During the conference, ISSF Board had the pleasure to elect a new member, Sunflag Iron & Steel from India
This shows the dynamism of the organisation which now has 71 members.

Notes:

The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) is a non-profit research organisation, which serves as the world forum on various aspects of the international stainless steel industry.
Founded in 1996, ISSF is based in Brussels, Belgium.

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