British Steel has appointed Peter Bernscher as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Peter, who will officially take up the position on 2 May 2017, has 30 years of experience in the steel industry, having held numerous board and director positions with global leading technology and capital goods group voestalpine.
Peter has a wide and varied knowledge of the steel sector. When Peter joins British Steel, Roland Junck will continue in his current role as executive chairman until the end of 2017. They will work in tandem during this period of handover, after which time Roland will take up the position of non-executive chairman and continue to provide his experience and strategic support to the business.
British Steel recently announced that it ended Q3 2016 in profit following its first seven months of independence and is already executing the next stage of its turnaround plan.
