The board of members of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) elected the following executive board of directors for the 2025/2026 period. The individuals on the executive board of directors will hold office for one year:
- Chair – Uğur Dalbeler – chief executive officer, Çolakoğlu Metalurji A.Ş.
- Vice-chair – Thachat Viswanath Narendran – chief executive officer & managing director, Tata Steel
- Vice-chair – Abdulqader Almubarak, chief executive officer, Saudi Iron and Steel Company (Hadeed)
- Treasurer – Mark Vassella, managing director & chief executive officer, BlueScope Steel Limited
The board of members also elected the 2025/2026 executive committee:
- Abdulqader Al-Mubarak – chief executive officer, Saudi Iron & Steel Company (HADEED)
- In Hwa Chang – chairman, POSCO Holdings
- Uğur Dalbeler – chief executive officer, Çolakoğlu Metalurji A.Ş.
- Masayuki Hirose – president & chief executive officer, JFE Steel Corporation
- Hu Wangming – chairman, China Baowu Steel Group Corporation Limited
- Tadashi Imai – representative director, president and chief operating officer, Nippon Steel Corporation
- Sajjan Jindal – chairman and managing director, JSW Steel Limited
- André Bier Gerdau Johannpeter – executive vice chairman, Gerdau S.A.
- Liu Jian – chairman, HBIS Group Co., Ltd., replacing Yu Yong
- Lakshmi N. Mittal – executive chairman, ArcelorMittal
- Alexey A. Mordashov – chairman of the board of directors, Severstal (PAO) (passive member)
- Thachat Viswanath Narendran – chief executive officer & managing director, Tata Steel
- Paolo Rocca – president and chief executive officer, Techint Group
- Leon Topalian – president & chief executive officer, Nucor Corporation
- Hubert Zajicek – member of the board, chief executive officer of Steel Division, voestalpine AG
- Edwin Basson, director general, World Steel Association (worldsteel), as secretary.
Published January 2026
