Mr Manfred Van Vlierberghe became CEO of ArcelorMittal Poland. At the same time he became vice president of the board of ArcelorMittal Poland.

ArcelorMittal Poland has announced that on January 19th 2012, Mr Manfred Van Vlierberghe was appointed CEO of ArcelorMittal Poland. He was also nominated VC of the Board of Directors of ArcelorMittal Poland.

He will report directly to VP ArcelorMittal and CEO of Business Division East Mr Sanjay Samaddar, who will continue to be the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ArcelorMittal Poland.

Mr Manfred Van Vlierberghe has been working for ArcelorMittal since 1995, after he joined ArcelorMittal Gent, where he held various managerial positions. He was later appointed COO of the primary operations at ArcelorMittal Bremen. Since December 2010, Mr Manfred held the position of Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Directors of ArcelorMittal Poland.

Mr Manfred graduated from the University of Louvain, specializing in electro mechanics. He also completed his MBA studies at Ecole Solvay Brussels School of Management and Economics.