Ugur Dalbeler, CEO of Çolakoğlu Metalurji A.
Ş. He was elected Chairman of the Board of worldsteel for a one-year term.
For the new term, Tachat Viswanath Narendran, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Steel, and Abdulkader Almubarak, CEO of Saudi Iron and Steel Company (Hadeed) will serve as Vice Chairmen. Mark Vassella, CEO and Managing Director of BlueScope Steel Limited, will assume the position of CFO.
Members of the Executive Board
The Board of Directors also appointed the Executive Board of worldsteel for the period 2025/2026.
Members of the new Board of Directors
Abdulkader Almubarak, CEO of Hadeed
Ying Hwa Chang, Chairman of the Board of POSCO Holdings
Ugur Dalbeler, CEO of Çolakoğlu Metalurji A.
Ş.
Masayuki Hirose, President and CEO of JFE Steel Corporation
Hu Wangming, Chairman of the Board of China Baowu Steel Group
Tadashi Imai, President and Chief Operating Officer, Nippon Steel Corporation
Sajan Jindal, Chairman of the Management Board and Managing Director of JSW Steel Limited
Andre Beer Gerdau Johannpeter, Deputy Managing Director of Gerdau SA
Liu Jian, Chairman of the Management Board of HBIS Group Co., Ltd. (replaced Yu Yun)
Lakshmi N. Mittal, CEO of ArcelorMittal
Alexey A. Mordashov, Chairman of the Management Board of PJSC Severstal (Non-Executive Member)
Thachat Viswanath Narendran, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Steel
Paolo Rocca, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of Techint Group
Leon Topalyan, President and CEO of Nucor Corporation
Hubert Zaicek, CEO of the Steel Division and Member of the Board of voestalpine AG
Edwin Basson, CEO of worldsteel (Secretary)
New members
The Board also accepted the following steel companies as permanent members:
GPH Ispat Limited (Bangladesh) – represented by Salehin Musfiqe Sadaf
OneSteel Manufacturing LLC "Pti". (Australia) – represented by Sebastian Hams
And as an associate member:
Tenova SpA (Italy) – presented by Roberto Pancaldi
As a result of these elections, the Turkish steel industry is represented for the first time at the worldsteel presidency.
Ugur Dalbeler is also the Deputy Chairman of the Turkish Steel Exporters Association.
Previously, he headed
