ArcelorMittal announced that Simon Wandke has been nominated as the executive vice president of ArcelorMittal and promoted to CEO of ArcelorMittal Mining, with immediate effect. Simon replaces Bill Scotting, who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.
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Wandke joined the company in January 2011 as Chief Commercial Officer of ArcelorMittal Mining and is a member of the Group Management Committee. He has over 30 years’ experience in the mining and minerals industry, starting his career in 1981 at BHP Billiton, where he held positions in mines in Australia and Indonesia and other commercial offices globally until 2002. He then joined Destra Consulting Group as Partner before, becoming Chief Marketing Officer for Ferrexpo in 2006 based in Hong Kong and Switzerland.
