AK Steel has named Gary T Barlow VP, Sales and Customer Service, effective 1 September 2010. Mr Barlow succeeds Douglas W Gant, who is retiring after 30 years of service to the company. Gary Barlow joined AK Steel in May of 2010 from Chicago-based Ryerson Inc., a metals processing and distributing company, where he was most recently President, NE Region. Prior to joining Ryerson, Mr Barlow served in several auditing and financial service capacities at Bank of America.