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Steel Industry Who's Who in 2025
Listing of top steel industry executives
The global steel industry is shaped by a diverse group of influential leaders, experts, and key decision-makers. From CEOs of major steel producers to industry analysts, policymakers, and supply chain specialists, these individuals play a crucial role in driving innovation, sustainability, and growth in the sector.
Our Who's Who in Steel Directory identifies some of the most prominent figures in the steel industry today. We trust that this resource thus serves as a valuable guide to the people shaping the future of the industry.
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| Surname | Job title | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | Chief Financial Officer | AHMSA |
| Abd Allah | Chief Industrial Operations Officer | El Marakby Steel |
| Abdul Haye | Chairman of the Board | Hadeed |
| Abramov | Non-Executive Chairman | Evraz plc |
| Absher | SVP, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary | CMC |
| Acharya | Joint Managing Director & SEO | JSW Steel |
| Adam | Chairman | Stahlinstitut VDEh |
| Aghajanlou | Chairman | IMIDRO |
| Åkerblom | President Strip Division | Alleima |
| Al Ghafri | CEO | Emirates Steel |
| Al Khateri | Group Chief People Officer | Emsteel |
| Al Muhannadi | Chief Executive Officer | Algerian Qatari Steel |
| Al Remeithi | Group CEO | Emsteel |
| Al-Faqih | Chairman of Board of Directors | Libyan Iron and Steel |
| Al-Khaldi | Chairman | AISU |
| Alvarez | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | Steel Dynamics |
| Anderson | SVP Long Products Steel Group | Steel Dynamics |
| Angui | Director & President of Executive Board | Baowu Steel |
| Anupam | VP Long Products | Tata Steel |
| Archibald | Chief Executive Australian Steel Products | Bluescope |
| Arshinov | Group Chief Technology Officer | Emsteel |
| Arvedi | Founder & President | Arvedi |
| Aslan | Chairman | Turkish Steel Exporters Association |
| Astoria | Chief Technology Officer | Midrex Technologies |
| Bahir | Financial Director | Maghreb Steel |
| Baidou | Director, Purchasing, Digitalization & Info Systems | Maghreb Steel |
| Baldrighi | Commercial Director | Arvedi |
| Banerjee | Chief Information Officer | Tata Steel |
| Basin | General Director | Qarmet |
| Basoglu | Executive Director | Erdemir |
| Basson | Director General | World Steel Association |
| Bayram | Deputy Chairman | Libyan Iron and Steel |
| Bedard | President & CEO | ArcelorMittal Dofasco |
| Behr | Executive VP Raw Materials | Nucor |
| Beltrame | President & Group Managing Director | Beltrame |
| Beltrame | Chief PR & Communications Officer | Beltrame |
| Beltrame | Consigliere Beltrame Holding | Beltrame |
| Beltrame | Vice President | Beltrame |
| Bengtsson | Chief Financial Officer | Alleima |
| Beshay | Founder, Chairman & CEO | Beshay Steel |
| Beshay | Head of Logistics | Beshay Steel |
| Beshay | Procurement Director | Beshay Steel |
| Beshay | Managing Director | Beshay Steel |
| Beshay | Operations Director | Beshay Steel |
| Bhanu | VP Jamshedpur Operations | Tata Steel |
| Bhowmick | Director in Charge (Rourkela Steel Plant) | SAIL |
| Bickford | Vice President Steel Fabrication | Steel Dynamics |
| Bing | Director | Ansteel |
| Biswas | Chief Investment Officer | Liberty Steel Group |
| Bittar | EVP Technical | Vale |
| Björkman | President and Chief Executive Officer | Alleima |
| Bohman | CFO | Ovako |
| Bregant | General Director | Federacciai |
| Brett | CEO ArcelorMittal North America | ArcelorMittal |
| Brockmann | Executive Member of the Managing Board | Stahlinstitut VDEh |
| Bruno | President | US Steel Kosice |
| Burritt | CEO | U.S. Steel |
| Cakir | Head of Executive Committee | Borcelik |
| Caldonazzo | CEO | Arvedi |
| Canal | Director of Industrial Affairs | Sidenor |
| Carter | EVP Technology | Cleveland-Cliffs |
| Castelan | Head of Procurement | AHMSA |
| Castro | President | Tenaris Canada |
| Cazorla | Chief Executive Officer | Celsa Group |
| Chang | Chairman & CEO | POSCO Group |
| Changeur | Chief Marketing Officer Stainless Europe | Aperam |
| Chantanasurakon | President | Sahaviriya Steel Industries |
| Charmand | Chief Digital & Information Officer | Bluescope |
| Chatterjee | Chief Financial Officer | Tata Steel |
| Chaudhary | VP Corporate Services | Tata Steel |
| Chengxu | Chairman | Ansteel |
| Chotnuchittrakul | Chief Financial Officer | Sahaviriya Steel Industries |
| Chraibi | Chief Operating Officer | Maghreb Steel |
| Chrenek | Director | Moravia Steel |
| Christino | Chief Financial Officer | ArcelorMittal |
| Cobden | President & CEO | CSPA |
| Counsell | Chief Legal Officer | Bluescope |
| Craelius | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | SSAB |
| da Cunha | Chief Executive Officer | Gerdau |
| da Silva | Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors | Vale |
| Dalbele | Deputy Chairman | Turkish Steel Exporters Association |
| Damar | Deputy Chairman | Erdemir |
| Daou | Managing Director | Suez Steel |
| d'Arrouzat | Chief Commercial Officer | Swiss Steel |
| Dasgupta | Director in Charge (Bhilai Steel Plant) | SAIL |
| Daswani | Managing Director | Metal Bulletin |
| Davey | Head of Corporate Business Optimisation | ArcelorMittal |
| Davies | Chief Executive New Zeal& & Pacific Isl&s | Bluescope |
| de Oliveira Pinto e Paiva | EVP Sustainability | Vale |
| de Paula | CEO ArcelorMittal South America Long | ArcelorMittal |
| de Vos | Chairman of the Board | NLMK Europe |
| Delelegn | Director General | Metals Industry Development Institute |
| Dempsey | Chief Operating Officer | Midrex Technologies |
| Di Maulo | Chief Executive Officer | Aperam |
| Disteldorf | Chief Human Resources Officer | Saarstahl AG |
| Drinciu | Director and CEO | Artrom Steel Tubes |
| Drolc Kaluža | Executive Director - Procurement | SIJ Group |
| Durbin | SVP, Chief HR & Communications Officer | CMC |
| Ecchari | Director of Economics, Finance and IT | Sidenor |
| Eggert | Director General | Eurofer |
| Eibensteiner | Chairman of the Management Board | Voestalpine |
| El Fassi | Director of Strategic Programs & Performance | Maghreb Steel |
| El Gazzar | Chief Information Officer | El Marakby Steel |
| El Marakby | Chief Executive Officer | El Marakby Steel |
| El Marakby | General Manager | El Marakby Steel |
| El Marakby | Chief Supply Chain Officer | El Marakby Steel |
| El Marakby | Chief Financial Officer | El Marakby Steel |
| Erdem | Chairman | Erdemir |
| Erdmann | Chief Technology Officer | Outokumpu |
| Ericsson | EVP Human Resources | Ovako |
| Eryilmaz | Chief Executive Officer | SteelOrbis |
| Etchell | Chief Operating Officer | Commodity Research Unit |
| Evrell | Chairman of the Board | SSAB |
| Evstafyev | Chief Financial Officer | NLMK Europe |
| Fahim | Chief Financial Officer | Beshay Steel |
| Fallu | Chief Financial Officer | Bluescope |
| Faraj | Commercial Director | Maghreb Steel |
| Fedor | EVP Operations | Cleveland-Cliffs |
| Feng | General Accountant | Ansteel |
| Fischer | EVP Human Resources & Labor Relations | Cleveland-Cliffs |
| Fleischanderl | Chief Technology Officer | Primetals |
| Ford | Executive VP Plate & Structural Products | Nucor |
| Forrester | EVP Environmental & Sustainability | Cleveland-Cliffs |
| Friborg | EVP & Head of Sustainability, | SSAB |
| Frolov | Non-Executive Director | Evraz plc |
| Gaalova | Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | US Steel Kosice |
| Garcia | President & CEO | Algoma Steel Inc. |
| Gellar | Management Team - People & Organization | Stegra |
| Gernandt | Management Team - Finance | Stegra |
| Gill | Global Head of Sales | Commodity Research Unit |
| Gille | Chief Financial Officer | Midrex Technologies |
| Gille | Management Team - Project Delivery | Stegra |
| Goncalves | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | Cleveland-Cliffs |
| Goncalves | Chairman, President, & CEO | Cleveland-Cliffs |
| González-Saravia Coss | General Counsel | AHMSA |
| Goyal | Executive vice president | ArcelorMittal |
| Graham | EVP, Chief Legal & Admin Officer & Secretary | Cleveland-Cliffs |
| Graham | SVP Flat Roll Steel Group | Steel Dynamics |
| Grethe | CEO | Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH |
| Groebler | Chief Executive Officer | Salzgitter AG |
| Guney | Executive Committee Member Large Investments | Borcelik |
| Gupta | Managing Director | African Industries Group |
| Gupta | Chairman | African Industries Group |
| Gupta | Executive Chairman & CEO | Liberty Steel Group |
| Gupta | Chief Strategy Officer | Primetals |
| Gupta | VP TQM & Group Procurement | Tata Steel |
| Hajiyeva | Chief of Staff | Baku Steel |
| Håkansdotter | Management Team - Sustainability & Corp Affairs | Stegra |
| Hamid | Chief Executive Officer | Hadeed |
| Hammad | Chief Operating Officer | Hadeed |
| Hanners | Executive VP Sheet Products | Nucor |
| Hashimoto | Chairman & CEO | Nippon Steel |
| Hathaway | Vice President Engineering & Innovation | US Steel Kosice |
| Hedblom | President & CEO | Ovako |
| Heide | Chairman & CEO | Trinecke Zelezarny |
| Henriksson | Chief Executive Officer | Stegra |
| Herald | President & CEO | Evraz North America |
| Hernell | Management Team - Digital | Stegra |
| Hirose | President & CEO | JFE Steel Corporation |
| Hofmann | Chief Sustainability Officer | Aperam |
| Hollatz | Executive VP Fabricated Construction Products | Nucor |
| Huhtala | EVP & Head of SSAB Europe | SSAB |
| Hummatov | Deputy General Director | Baku Steel |
| Hunter | Chief Governance Officer | Liberty Steel Group |
| Huru | Assistant Managing Director | Nordic Steel |
| Ibrahimov | General Director | Baku Steel |
| Iijima | CEO & Chairman of the Board | Primetals |
| Ikeda | Chief Financial Officer | Primetals |
| Imai | Chairman | Japan Iron and Steel Federation |
| Imai | President & COO | Nippon Steel |
| Ishiguro | Chairperson of the Board of Directors | Daido Steel |
| Ishmukhametov | HR Director | Ural Steel |
| Ivanov | Chief Executive Officer | Evraz plc |
| Jainaga | Chairman | Sidenor |
| Jianbing | Vice President | Baowu Steel |
| Jindal | Chairman & Managing Director | JSW Steel |
| Jindal | Chairperson Emeritus | JSW Steel |
| Johannpeter | Vice Chairman | Gerdau |
| Johannpeter | Vice Chairman | Gerdau |
| Johannpeter | Chairman | Gerdau |
| Junck | Non-Executive Member | Liberty Steel Group |
| Kabel | Chief Transformation Officer | Liberty Steel Group |
| Kainersdorfer | Head of the Metal Engineering Division | Voestalpine |
| Kajita | Managing Executive Officer | Daido Steel |
| Kalenkov | President | Ukrmetalurgprom |
| Kanalec | Executive Director - Production, Technology & Investment | SIJ Group |
| Karataev | Chief Executive Officer | NLMK |
| Katsukawa | President & CEO | Kobe Steel |
| Keast | Chief Executive North America | Bluescope |
| Kendrick | Global Head of Marketing | Commodity Research Unit |
| Kestenbaum | Executive Chairman & CEO | Stelco |
| Khullar | VP Engineering & Projects | Tata Steel |
| Kieckbusch | Head of Personnel | Salzgitter AG |
| Kim | Head of Finance | Hyundai Steel |
| Kim | Head of Plate Business Division | Hyundai Steel |
| Kiralvarga | VP External Affairs, Administration & Business Development | US Steel Kosice |
| Knobloch | Head of St&ardization | Stahlinstitut VDEh |
| Koch | CEO | Swiss Steel |
| Koci | EVP & President, Clevel&-Cliffs Services | Cleveland-Cliffs |
| Kocsis | VP Human Resources & Transformation | US Steel Kosice |
| Korchagin | Vice-President & Chief Executive Officer | SIJ Group |
| Kreft | EVP and General Counsel | Alleima |
| Kreo | Director, Human Capital & Sustainable Development | Maghreb Steel |
| Kumar | VP Kalinganagar Operations | Tata Steel |
| Lanyu | President & Vice Chairman | HBIS Group |
| Lauer | Chief Finance Officer | Saarstahl AG |
| Lavrentyev | Chairman | Qarmet |
| Lavrinenko | Chief Operating Officer (Steel Plant) | ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih |
| Lawrence | Senior VP & CFO | CMC |
| Laxton | Chief Financial Officer | Nucor |
| Lee | Head of Long Product Division | Hyundai Steel |
| Lima | CEO Stainless & Electrical Steel South America | Aperam |
| Lindqvist | Chairman | Swiss Steel |
| Lisin | Chairman of the Board | NLMK |
| Lobekk | Managing Director | Nordic Steel |
| Lobko | Commercial Director | Ural Steel |
| Lohr | Chief Financial Officer | Swiss Steel |
| Longobardo | Chief Executive Officer | ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih |
| López | Chief Executive Officer | Thyssenkrupp |
| Lorden | Chief Information Officer | Commodity Research Unit |
| Louwrens | Chief Executive Officer | NLMK Europe |
| Lyssens | Chief Human Resources Officer | Aperam |
| Maagh | Chief Technical Officer | Saarstahl AG |
| Macillan | Director | Kallanish |
| Maheshwari | Director (Commercial & Marketing) | JSW Steel |
| Mahmoud | Chairman of Board of Directors | Suez Steel |
| Malevanov | Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer | SIJ Group |
| Malithong | SVP - Hot Rolled Business Group | Sahaviriya Steel Industries |
| Mannström | Management Team - Boden operations | Stegra |
| Mapanao | Chief Technology Officer | Sahaviriya Steel Industries |
| Marchenko | Procurement Director | Ural Steel |
| Matsuda | Non-Executive Board Member | Primetals |
| Matt | President & CEO | CMC |
| Mattei | Chief Innovation Officer | Aperam |
| Mayer | Chief Financial Officer | Voestalpine |
| McAloon | Chair | Bluescope |
| Medeiros | EVP Operations | Vale |
| Middleton | Non-Executive Member | Liberty Steel Group |
| Millett | Chairman & Chief Executive Officer | Steel Dynamics |
| Mireles Castillo | Head of Financial Planning & Treasury | AHMSA |
| Mittal | Chief Executive Officer | ArcelorMittal |
| Mittal | Executive Chairman & CEO | ArcelorMittal |
| Mittal Bhatia | Chief Strategy Officer | Aperam |
| Miyaoka | Director | Kobe Steel |
| Molero | Director of Sales | Sidenor |
| Mori | Vice Chairman | Nippon Steel |
| Motyka | President of the Board | Polish Steel Association |
| Mullins | Director | Kallanish |
| Murphy | EVP Business Services & General Counsel | Nucor |
| Myronenko | Chief Operations Officer | Metinvest Holding |
| Nagara | Executive Vice President | Kobe Steel |
| Narendran | CEO & Managing Director | Tata Steel |
| Narendran | Chair | World Steel Association |
| Needham | Executive VP Commercial | Nucor |
| Nikolayenko | Chief Commercial Officer | Metinvest Holding |
| Nöbauer | Head of the High Performance Metals Division | Voestalpine |
| Nouh | Managing Director | Ezz Steel |
| Novosad | VP Operations | US Steel Kosice |
| Nowlan | Chief Technical & Development Officer | Bluescope |
| Oomen | CEO | ArcelorMittal / Nippon Steel |
| Orre | Management Team - Procurement & Infrastructure | Stegra |
| Ortiz | Head of Human Resources | AHMSA |
| Oven | Production Director | Baku Steel |
| Peker | General Manager | Erdemir |
| Pereira | Executive Vice President - Projects | Vale |
| Pérez Alvarado | Head of Communications & Public Relations | AHMSA |
| Perlman | Executive Chairman | Commodity Research Unit |
| Persson Gulda | Management Team - Technology | Stegra |
| Petrášková | Vice President Energy & General Counsel | US Steel Kosice |
| Petrovic | Director and Vice Chairman | Artrom Steel Tubes |
| Petrovic | Chairman | Bulgarian Association of Metallurgical Industry |
| Petruk | Chief Sustainability Offic | Metinvest Holding |
| Piekut | Deputy President | US Steel Kosice |
| Pimenta | President | Vale |
| Pineda | Corporate Managing Director | Sidenor |
| Poinsatte | SVP & Treasurer | Steel Dynamics |
| Polli | CFO | Arvedi |
| Popescu | Chairman | Artrom Steel Tubes |
| Potrafki | Chief Financial Officer | Salzgitter AG |
| Prakash | Chairman | SAIL |
| Pushis | SVP Special Projects | Steel Dynamics |
| Quental | EVP People | Vale |
| Radjenović | Executive Director - Sales | SIJ Group |
| Ramam | VP Raw Materials | Tata Steel |
| Ramon | Head of Rolling, Maintenance & Services | AHMSA |
| Rashnikov | Chairman of the Board | Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works |
| Rathore | Chief Operating Officer | JSW Steel |
| Rauber | Chairman of the Board of Management | Stahl-Holding-Saar Group |
| Renkin | Chief People Officer | Bluescope |
| Richter | Head of the Metal Forming Division | Voestalpine |
| Rippel | Managing Director | German Steel Federation |
| Ristaniemi | EVP – General Counsel | Outokumpu |
| Rusev | Director | Kallanish |
| Ruzmanov | Commercial Director | Baku Steel |
| Ryttberg-Wallgren | Management Team - Growth & Hydrogen Business | Stegra |
| Ryzhenkov | Chief Executive Officer | Metinvest Holding |
| Safin | Director General | Ural Steel |
| Sakamoto | Director | Kobe Steel |
| Saleh | Chief Business Development & sustainability Officer | El Marakby Steel |
| Salim Shashaa | Group Chief Project Officer | Emsteel |
| Sanyal | VP Human Resource Management | Tata Steel |
| Sassi | President - Ferrochrome | Outokumpu |
| Sato | Executive Vice President | Nippon Steel |
| Schaar | Chief Financial Officer | Outokumpu |
| Schencking | President - Advanced Materials | Outokumpu |
| Schmieding | Head of Communication | Stahlinstitut VDEh |
| Schmitt | EVP & Head of SSAB Americas | SSAB |
| Schneider | President & Chief Operating Officer | Steel Dynamics |
| Schulter | Chief Financial Officer | Thyssenkrupp |
| Senhaji | Chief Executive Officer | Maghreb Steel |
| Senhaji | General Manager | Maghreb Steel |
| Seo | President & CEO | Hyundai Steel |
| Shilyaev | Chief Executive Officer | Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works |
| Shimizu | President & CEO | Daido Steel |
| Silva | CEO ArcelorMittal Mining | ArcelorMittal |
| Silva D'Ambrosio | EVP Corporate and External Affairs | Vale |
| Šimonka | Senior Vice-President | SIJ Group |
| Singh | Director of Technical Projects | SAIL |
| Singh | Director in Charge (Burnpur & Durgapur) | SAIL |
| Singh | Director of Personnel | SAIL |
| Siostrom | President & CEO | SSAB |
| Sivaji | Chief Financial Officer | Aperam |
| Sjobring | EVP & General Counsel | SSAB |
| Smith | EVP & Chief Operating Officer | Cleveland-Cliffs |
| Sogani | Chief Financial Officer | Liberty Steel Group |
| Sozen | Executive Committee Member Purchasing | Borcelik |
| Stace | General Director | UK Steel Association |
| Stål | President Kanthal Division | Alleima |
| Stein | Chief Restructuring Officer | Liberty Steel Group |
| Steiner | EVP - Sustainability, Strategy and People | Outokumpu |
| Stelian | General Director | Otelinox |
| Stephens | Chief Executive Climate Change & Sustainability | Bluescope |
| Stieler | Chairman of the Board of Directors | Vale |
| Sumoski | Chief Operating Officer | Nucor |
| Surherland | Chairman of the Board | U.S. Steel |
| ter Horst | President and CEO | Outokumpu |
| Teslyuk | Chief Operating Officer (Mining) | ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih |
| Thadani | Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer | Bluescope |
| Tillman | EVP Group Sales & Marketing | Ovako |
| Timns | Executive Member | Liberty Steel Group |
| Tiwari | Director in Charge (Bokaro Steel Plant) | SAIL |
| Topalian | Chairman President & CEO | Nucor |
| Trafford | Chief Executive Officer | Commodity Research Unit |
| Tulsiani | Director of Finance | SAIL |
| Turkaslan | Deputy Chairman | Turkish Steel Exporters Association |
| Urban | Vice Chairman | Salzgitter AG |
| van der Hout | Chief Commercial Officer | Saarstahl AG |
| Van Poelvoorde | CEO ArcelorMittal Europe | ArcelorMittal |
| Vassella | Managing Director & CEO | Bluescope |
| Verbeeck | Chief Executive Officer Stainless Europe | Aperam |
| Viriyaprapaikit | Group CEO | Sahaviriya Steel Industries |
| von Schantz | President Tube Division | Alleima |
| Wagler | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | Steel Dynamics |
| Walker | President | Ivaco Rolling Mills |
| Wangming | Chairman of Executive Board | Baowu Steel |
| Wass | President – Stainless Europe | Outokumpu |
| Weber | Chief Transformation Officer | Saarstahl AG |
| Weinert | President - Americas | Outokumpu |
| Wente | Chairman | Salzgitter AG |
| Werner-Dietz | Head of Human Resources | ArcelorMittal |
| Willumsen | General Manager | DanSteel |
| Woody | President & CEO | Midrex Technologies |
| Xuan Da | Chairman | Vietnam Steel Association |
| Yamashita | Executive Vice President | Daido Steel |
| Yaobin | Vice President | HBIS Group |
| Yayan | Secretary General | Turkish Steel Producers Association |
| Yiren | Vice President | HBIS Group |
| Yong | Chairman | HBIS Group |
| Yonghong | Chief Accountant | Baowu Steel |
| Zajicek | Head of Steel Division | Voestalpine |
| Zakharchenko | Executive Director | Promet Steel |
| Zamudio Miechielsen | Chief Executive Officer | AHMSA |
| Zhen | President | Ansteel |
| Zhigang | Chief Financial Officer | HBIS Group |
| Zinchenko | CEO | GMK Center |
| Zniber | Chairman of the Board of Directors | Maghreb Steel |
| Zubitskiy | President of the Management Board | SIJ Group |
The steel industry who's who list above covers current management positions and responsibilities in the international steel sector, identifying ~375 leadership and executive roles in ~44 different countries as at Q1 2025.
The industry coverage includes iron and steelmaking (including alloy and stainless steels), downstream processing / product distribution, ferroalloys supply and the production of other selected metals.
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