International Stainless Steel Forum has elected its office bearers for 2009-10 during its thirteenth Annual Conference, which is being held in Hong Kong. The office bearers and members of the executive committee are:
Chairman
Mr Rafael Naranjo Olmedo, chairman & CEO of Acerinox
Vice Chairmen
1. Mr Jean Yves Gilet, EVP ArcelorMittal and CEO of ArcelorMittal Stainless
2. Mr Hideo Suzuki, president & CEO of Nisshin Steel Co Limited
Treasurer:
Mr Jürgen Fechter, CEO of ThyssenKrupp Stainless AG
Secretary General:
Mr Pascal Payet Gaspard, secretary general of ISSF
Executive Committee Members:
1. Mr Ratan Jindal, vice CMD of Jindal Stainless Limited
2. Mr Juha Rantanen, president & CEO of Outokumpu Oyj
3. Mr Keel Sou Chung, chief of Stainless Steel Division POSCO
4. Mr Xiaobo Li, GM of Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co Limited
The officers will serve a 1 year term, which expires in May 2010. The chairman will serve for two years. A new chairman will be elected in May 2011.
The meeting also elected the ISSF board. The following board members were elected and will serve a 1 year term which expires in May 2010
1. Mr Rafael Naranjo Olmedo, chairman & CEO of Acerinox Group
2. Mr Jean Yves Gilet, EVP ArcelorMittal and CEO of ArcelorMittal Stainless
3. Mr Paulo Roberto Magalhães Bastos, CEO of ArcelorMittal Inox Brazil
4. Mr Dingbo Lou, president of Baoshan, Stainless Steel Branch
5. Mr David P Martin, CEO of Columbus Stainless (Pty) Limited
6. Mr Masatoshi Ozawa, president & CEO of Daido Steel Co Limited
7. Mr Naofumi Ohde, VP of JFE Steel Corporation
8. Mr Ratan Jindal, vice CMD of Jindal Stainless Limited
9. Mr Hideo Suzuki, president & CEO of Nisshin Steel Co Limited
10. Mr Hiroshi Kinoshita, president of Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless
11. Mr Juha Rantanen, president & CEO of Outokumpu Oyj
12. Mr Keel Sou Chung, chief of Stainless Steel Division POSCO
13. Mr Xiaobo Li, GM of Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co Limited
14. Mr Jürgen Fechter, CEO of ThyssenKrupp Stainless AG
15. Mr Benedikt Niemeyer, CEO of Schmolz+Bickenbach
16. Mr Jeffrey Hsu, VP of Yieh United Steel Corporation
17. Mr Pascal Payet Gaspard, secretary general of ISSF
