Wolfgang Eder, chairman of the Management Board of voestalpine AG, will remain chairman of the World Steel Association until October 2016. This is the first time that an incumbent chairman of the organization has been re-elected.
Exactly one year ago, Wolfgang Eder (63) took over the office of chairman of the World Steel Association – the first Austrian to do so.
According to the association’s rules, as incoming vice chairman in 2014, André Gerdau Johannpeter, CEO of the Brazilian steel manufacturer Gerdau S.A., had been designated to succeed Eder. He requested to be released from taking over the office. John Ferriola, CEO of the Nucor Corporation, USA, will be appointed as the new Vice Chairman.
