Nucor Corporation announced that its board of directors had elected Leon J. Topalian as a director and John H. Walker to serve as non-executive chairman of the board of directors. Topalian is the president and chief operating officer of Nucor and became the chief executive officer of Nucor on January 1, 2020. Walker, who has more than 35 years of experience in metal related manufacturing and fabricating industries, has served as a member of Nucor’s board of directors since 2008.
Topalian served as an executive vice president of Nucor from 2017 to 2019 and as a vice president of Nucor from 2013 to 2017. He has been employed by Nucor in various capacities since 1996, including serving as general manager at two of Nucor’s facilities, in Arkansas and Illinois, as well as a melting and casting manager, an operations manager and a cold mill production supervisor.
Walker served as non-executive chairman of Global Brass and Copper Holdings, Inc. from 2014 to 2019, was executive chairman of Global Brass and Copper from 2013 to 2014 and was chief executive officer of Global Brass and Copper from 2007 to 2014. Prior to joining Global Brass and Copper, Walker was president and chief executive officer of The Boler Company, chief executive officer, president and chief operating officer of Weirton Steel Corporation.
Published in the April 2020 Edition