Worldsteel has appointed its new management for the 2023-2024 period: Uğur Dalbeler elected as Executive Committee Member

The World Steel Association (Worldsteel) has elected the members of its Executive Committee and Executive Board for the 2023-2024 period.

Leon Topalian, President and CEO of Nucor, was elected as the new President of Worldsteel. Leon Topalian, who has also served in the past, was appointed as a member of the Executive Committee.

Worldsteel's new leaders are taking on roles that will shape global developments in the steel industry. Uğur Dalbeler will take important decisions in the Executive Board for one year and will be among the representatives of the steel industry at the international level.

Leon Topalian, the new President of Worldsteel, introduced the management team that will work together during this period. As the international association of the steel industry, Worldsteel will continue to monitor and advance developments in the steel sector.

Here are the names that will serve on the Worldsteel Executive Board for 1 year:

Chairman - Leon TOPALIAN, President & Chief Executive Officer, Nucor Corporation

Vice Chairman - Thachat Viswanath NARENDRAN, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Tata Steel

Vice Chairman - Jeong-Woo CHOI, CEO, POSCO Holdings

Treasurer - Mark VASSELLA, Managing Director & CEO, BlueScope Steel Limited

President of worldstainless - Timoteo DI MAULO, CEO, Aperam

Executive Committee Members for a 1-year term:

Salah AL-ANSARI - President, HADEED, Saudi Iron & Steel Company (a SABIC affiliate)

David BURRITT - President and Chief Executive Officer, United States Steel Corporation

Jeong-Woo CHOI - CEO, POSCO Holdings

Uğur DALBELER - CEO, ÇOLAKOĞLU Metalurji A.Ş.

Eiji HASHIMOTO - Representative Director and President, Nippon Steel Corporation

HU Wangming - Chairman, China Baowu Steel Group Corporation Limited

Sajjan JINDAL - Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Steel Limited

André Bier Gerdau JOHANNPETER - Executive Vice Chairman, Gerdau S.A.

Yoshihisa KITANO - President & CEO, JFE Steel Corporation

Lakshmi N. MITTAL - Executive Chairman, ArcelorMittal

Alexey A. MORDASHOV - Chairman of the Board of Directors, Severstal (PAO) (passive member)

Thachat Viswanath NARENDRAN - Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Tata Steel

Paolo ROCCA - President and CEO, Techint Group

Leon TOPALIAN - President & Chief Executive Officer, Nucor Corporation

YU Yong - Chairman, HBIS GROUP Co., Ltd.

Hubert ZAJICEK - Member of the Board, CEO of Steel Division, voestalpine AG

Edwin BASSON, Director General, (World Steel Association (worldsteel)), as Secretary