ISSF’s new office bearers elected during ISSF-21 in Tokyo

 

Tokyo, 18 May 2017. The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has elected new office bearers during the 21st Annual Conference in Hitoshi Ito, Representative Director and President of NSSC, has been elected Chairman of the International Stainless Steel Forum.

Bernardo Velázquez, CEO of Acerinox Group, Tim Di Maulo, CEO of Aperam Group, Oh, In-Hwan, Head of POSCO’s Steel Division and Roeland Baan, CEO of Outokumpu have been elected as Vice Chairmen. Clemens Iller of Schmolz+Bickenbach has been elected as Treasurer.

The following people were elected to the Board of ISSF:

  • Bernardo Velázquez (Acerinox)
  • Timoteo Di Maulo (Aperam)
  • Shi Guo Min (Baosteel)
  • Lucien Matthews (Columbus Stainless)
  • Takeshi Ishiguro (Daido Steel)
  • Shuichiro Hayashi (JFE)
  • Hitoshi Ito (NSSC)
  • Kinya Yanagawa (Nisshin Steel)
  • Cristobal Fuentes (North American Stainless)
  • Roeland Baan (Outokumpu)
  • Oh, In-Hwan (POSCO)
  • Clemens Iller (Schmolz+Bickenbach)
  • Xiang Guangda (Tsingshan Group)
  • John Rowe (ISSF)
  • Dr. Edwin Basson (World Steel Association (ex officio)

The following Board Members were also elected to the ISSF Executive Committee and the ISSF Nominating Committee:

  • Bernardo Velázquez (Acerinox)
  • Timoteo Di Maulo (Aperam)
  • Shi Guo Min (Baosteel)
  • Hitoshi Ito (NSSC)
  • Roeland Baan (Outokumpu)
  • Oh, In-Hwan (POSCO)
  • Clemens Iller (Schmolz+Bickenbach)
  • Xiang Guangda (Tsingshan Group)
  • John Rowe (ISSF)

The ISSF Committee Chairmen are:

  • Market Development Committee – Olli-Matti Saksi (Outokumpu)
  • Long Products Committee – Thiery Crémailh (Schmolz+Bickenbach)
  • Economics & Statistics Committee – Shi, Guo Min (Baosteel)
  • Health, Safety and Environment Committee – Pekka Erkkilä (Outokumpu)
  • Raw Materials Committee – Lucien Matthews (Columbus)