Metals
Nucor Corporation announced that its president and chief executive officer, Leon J. Topalian, has assumed the additional role of chair of the board of directors and that board member, Christopher J. Kearney, has been appointed lead director of the board, both effective immediately. John H. Walker, a member of the board since 2008 and most recently its non-executive chairman, will continue to serve as a board member.
Topalian has been president and chief executive officer of Nucor and a member of its board of directors since 2020. Prior to that time, he held various leadership positions at Nucor, including president and chief operating officer in 2019, executive vice president from 2017 to 2019, and vice president from 2013 to 2017. Having joined Nucor in 1996, Topalian also has served as general manager at two of Nucor’s facilities, in Arkansas and Illinois, as well as melting and casting manager, an operations manager, a cold mill production supervisor and a project manager.
Kearney, who was unanimously chosen by the independent directors of Nucor’s board of directors to serve as lead director, has been an integral member of the board since he joined in 2008. Kearney founded Eagle Marsh Holdings, LLC in 2016 and has served as its managing partner since inception. He also serves as a director of Otis Worldwide Corporation and served as a director of UTC from 2018 to 2020, prior to the spin-off of Otis from UTC.
Published in the November 2022 Edition
