The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) elected new office bearers during the organization’s 16th Annual Conference (ISSF-16), which was recently held in Beijing, China.
Joon-Sik Kim, Senior Executive Vice President and Head of the Stainless Steel Business Division of Posco, has been elected Chairman of ISSF for a one-year term.
Bernardo Velázquez, Chief Executive Officer of Acerinox Group, and Philippe Darmayan, Chief Executive Officer of Aperam, have been elected as Vice Chairmen. Mika Seitovirta, President and CEO of Outokumpu, has been re-elected as ISSF Treasurer for the coming year.
During ISSF-16, the new Board also re-elected Pascal Payet-Gaspard as Secretary and Secretary General of ISSF until December 31, 2012. Payet-Gaspard has announced that he will retire at the end of 2012, and John Rowe has been elected as his successor.
Rowe will join ISSF from January 1, 2013. He is currently General Manager of Shanghai Krupp Stainless Co. Ltd., a position he has held since 2008. Rowe has a background in law, minerals, and marketing and has worked for a number of companies within the stainless steel industry during his career.
The Board of ISSF is elected for one year and comprises:
· Bernardo Velázquez, Acerinox Group (Vice Chairman of ISSF)
· Philippe Darmayan, Aperam (Vice Chairman of ISSF)
· Dingbo Lou, Baosteel Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
· David Martin, Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd.
· Tadashi Shimao, Daido Steel Co., Ltd.
· Hiroshi Ueda, JFE Steel Corp.
· Ratan Jindal, Jindal Stainless Ltd.
· Hiroshi Kinoshita, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel
· Toshinori Miki, Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
· Mika Seitovirta, Outokumpu (Treasurer of ISSF)
· Joon-Sik Kim, Posco (Chairman of ISSF)
· Benedikt Niemeyer, SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH
· Xiaobo Li, Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd.
· Clemens Iller, ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH
· Jeffrey Hsu, YUSCO Group
· Pascal Payet-Gaspard (until December 31, 2012), International Stainless Steel Forum
· John Rowe (from January 1, 2013), International Stainless Steel Forum.
The following Board Members were also elected to the ISSF Executive Committee, which oversees the day-to-day running of the organization:
· Bernardo Velázquez, Acerinox Group
· Philippe Darmayan, Aperam
· Dingbo Lou, Baosteel Stainless Steel Co. Ltd.
· Ratan Jindal, Jindal Stainless Ltd.
· Hiroshi Kinoshita, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel
· Mika Seitovirta, Outokumpu
· Joon-Sik Kim, Posco
· Xiaobo Li, Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd.
· Clemens Iller, ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH
· Jeffrey Hsu, YUSCO Group
· Pascal Payet-Gaspard, International Stainless Steel Forum (until December 31, 2012)
· John Rowe, International Stainless Steel Forum, (from January 1, 2013).
The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) is a nonprofit research organization that serves as the world forum on various aspects of the international stainless steel industry. ISSF was founded in 1996. Company members are producers of stainless steel (integrated mills and rerollers). Affiliated Members are national or regional stainless steel industry associations. ISSF now comprises 72 company and affiliated members in 27 countries. Jointly they produced 75 to 80% of all stainless steel manufactured in 2009.