Roeland Baan, Chief Executive Officer of Outokumpu, has been elected Chairman of the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF). ISSF is a non-profit research organization, which serves as a global forum on various aspects of the international stainless steel industry, including activities in North and South America. Bernardo Velázquez, CEO of Acerinox Group, Tim Di Maulo, CEO of Aperam Group, Oh, In-Hwan, Head of POSCOs Steel Division and Hitoshi Ito, Representative Director and President of NSSC 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:
Roeland Baan – Outokumpu (Chairman)
Bernardo Velázquez – Acerinox (Vice Chairman)
Timoteo Di Maulo – Aperam (Vice Chairman)
Hitoshi Ito – NSSC (Vice Chairman)
Oh, In-Hwan – POSCO (Vice Chairman)
Clemens Iller – Schmolz+Bickenbach (Treasurer)
Hu Xuefa – Baosteel
Lucien Matthews – Columbus Stainless
Tadashi Shimao – Daido Steel
Shuichiro Hayashi – JFE
Toshinori Miki – Nisshin Steel
Cristobal Fuentes – North American Stainless
Xiang Guangda – Tsingshan Group
John Rowe – ISSF
Dr. Edwin Basson – World Steel Association (ex officio)