Tag: Bluescope

Bluescope Chairman to Retire

BlueScope Chairman Graham Kraehe AO will retire from the Board on 19 November 2015. He will be replaced by John Bevan, currently a non-executive director of the company.

Incoming chairperson Bevan congratulated Kraehe on his long and distinguished career in leading roles in corporate Australia.

BlueScope appoints new non-executive director

newsitemBlueScope Steel Chairman Graham Kraehe announced the appointment of Rebecca Dee-Bradbury as a non-executive director, effective immediately.Dee-Bradbury has a background in strategic marketing and has held senior regional executive and CEO roles with businesses operating across Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific.

BlueScope inducts new non-executive director

BlueScope Steel Chairman Graham Kraehe announced the appointment of John Bevan as a non-executive director, effective immediately.
 
Bevan, who recently retired as CEO of Alumina, held a variety of senior management roles with BOC Group, including as a director on The BOC Group Board, chief executive – Process Gas Solutions with responsibility for the bulk and tonnage business for the entire BOC group, Chief Executive – Asia, and country lead roles in the United Kingdom, Thailand and Korea.

BlueScope acquires PSG’s long-products business

BlueScope is to acquire the downstream long-products rolling and marketing operations of Fletcher Building’s Pacific Steel Group (PSG), based in Auckland, New Zealand.
 
PSG is a producer and marketer of long products such as reinforcing steel, rod and wire, and sold approximately 240kt to New Zealand domestic and export customers in FY2013.

Bluescope appoints

As of 1 November 2007 Mr Paul O'Malley became Managing Director and CEO of Bluescope.