ISSF announces appointment new office bearers and member
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Tuesday, 24 May 2011
The International Stainless Steel Forum has elected its office bearers (Executive Committee) for 2011-12 during its fifteenth Annual Conference (ISSF-15) which is being held in Madrid. In addition a new member was elected, Sunflag Iron & Steel from India.
The office bearers and members of the Executive Committee are:
| Chairman: | Mr Chang Kwan Oh, Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President, POSCO |
| Vice Chairmen: | Mr Bernard Fontana CEO, Aperam |
| Mr Bernardo Velázquez, CEO Acerinox Group | |
| Treasurer: | Mr Mika Seitovirta, president & CEO of Outokumpu Oyj |
| Secretary General: | Mr Pascal Payet Gaspard, secretary general, International Stainless Steel Forum |
| Executive Committee Members: | Mr Dingbo Lou, VP Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd and president of Stainless Steel Business Unit |
| Mr Ratan Jindal, vice CMD of Jindal Stainless Ltd | |
| Mr Xiaobo Li, chairman of Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co Ltd | |
| Mr Clemens Iller, CEO of ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH | |
| Mr Hiroshi Kinoshita, representative Director President, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corp | |
| Mr Jeffrey Hsu VP of 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 ear term which expires in May 2012:
| Mr Bernardo Velázquez | CEO of Acerinox Group |
| Mr Bernard Fontana | CEO of Aperam |
| Mr Dingbo Lou | VP of Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Limited and president of Stainless Steel Business Unit |
| Mr David Martin | CEO of Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd |
| Mr Tadashi Shimao | president & CEO of Daido Steel Co Ltd |
| Mr Hiroshi Ueda | VP of JFE Steel Corporation |
| Mr Ratan Jindal | Vice CMD of Jindal Stainless Ltd |
| Mr Toshinori Miki | President & CEO of Nisshin Steel Co Ltd |
| Mr Hiroshi Kinoshita | Representative director president of Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corp. |
| Mr Mika Seitovirta | President & CEO of Outokumpu Oyj |
| Mr Chang Kwan Oh | Representative director & SEVP of POSCO |
| Mr Xiaobo Li | Chairman, Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co Ltd |
| Mr Clemens Iller | CEO of ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH |
| Mr Benedikt Niemeyer | CEO of Schmolz+Bickenbach Edelstahl GmbH |
| Mr Jeffrey Hsu | VP of YUSCO Group |
| Mr Pascal Payet Gaspard | Secretary general ISSF |
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.
