JSW Steel's Sajjan Jindal Becomes First Indian Chairman of World Steel Association

The World Steel Association (WSA) has elected JSW Steel Chairman and Managing Director Sajjan Jindal as its Chairman for the 2021-22 period. With this, Jindal becomes the first representative from India to serve as Chairman of the WSA. The association has also appointed Tata Steel CEO T V Narendran and ArcelorMittal chief L N Mittal to the Executive Committee. YU Yong of HBIS Group Co Ltd and Jeong-Woo Choi of POSCO has been elected as Vice-Chairmen. Mark Vassella of BlueScope Steel Limited has been elected as Treasurer and Timoteo Di Maulo of Aperam will be the Chairman of the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF). "The individuals on the Executive Board of Directors will hold office for one year," the body said. Jindal addressed the board members of WSA thanking his predecessor Yu Yong for his capable chairmanship over the last two years and noting the challenges for the global industry going forward, particularly with respect to climate change. The board of members also elected a 16-member Executive Committee. Jindal will also be part of the Executive Committee. The members include Salah AL-Ansari of Hadeed, Saudi Iron & Steel Company, David B Burritt of United States Steel Corporation, Chen Derong of China Baowu Steel Group Corporation Limited, Jeong-Woo Choi of POSCO, Ugur Dalbeler of olakoglu Metalurji A.S, and Eiji Hashimoto of Nippon Steel Corporation, Lakshmi N. Mittal of ArcelorMittal and Tata Steel CEO Thachat Viswanath Narendran. Other members are Andr Bier Gerdau Johannpeter of Gerdau S.A, Yoshihisa Kitano of JFE Steel Corporation, Alexey A. Mordashov of Severstal (PAO), Paolo Rocca of Techint Group, Leon J Toplian from Nucor Corporation, YU Yong of HBIS Group Co., Ltd and Hubert Zajicek from voestalpine A.G. Edwin Basson has been elected as Secretary WSA. The Board of Members has also welcomed as new members Siam Yamato Steel Company Corporation (SYS) (Thailand), represented by Damrongsak Jaturongpatana and SULB Company (Bahrain) represented by Ravi Singh Indian Iron & Steel Sector Skill Council (IISSSC) (India) represented by Sushim Banerjee was also welcomed by the board as an affiliate member.