Chairman - Ezz Steel
Director Iron Ore Briquettes and Chairman - Vale Oman
Chairman - AISU
Secretary General - AISU
Director General - worldsteel
General Manager - Imetal
Executive Vice President - Danieli
Chairman - Foulth
Editor - Metal Expert
Regional Director, Mega Hubs – MENA - Vale
Head of Technical Committee - AISU
Head of Economic Committee - AISU
Chairman - Ezz Steel
Mr. Ezz is the founder and chairman of Ezz Industries. He represents a 3rd generation of an Egyptian family investing in the construction industry followed by the trade in construction material. He founded Ezz Steel in 1994 and for nearly three decades has led the company to become the largest steel producer in the Arab World and the African continent, the first ever private-sector company to be elevated to such status. Ezz Steel is also the largest industrial group in Egypt, employing around 10 thousand workers, with a production capacity of 7 million tons of finished steel and generating an annual turnover of circa $4.3 billion. In 2020 and 2021, Ezz Steel was included in Worldsteel’s Top Steel Makers List. Mr. Ezz’s achievements in the steel industry have been recognized at multiple occasions. In 2008, Mr Ezz became the first Chairman of ‘The Arab Iron & Steel Union’ to come from the private sector. In 2010, he was awarded the Willy Korf/Ken Iverson Steel Vision Award for making the ‘greatest contribution to the development of a local steel industry, turning it into a global player’. In 2017, upon recommendations from fellow steel producers in the Arab World, Mr. Ezz was named ‘The Arab Iron & Steel Man of the Year’. In 2021, Mr. Ezz steered Ezz Steel to become Egypt’s largest industrial exporter on record, with exports reaching 1.4 million tons with a value $1.3 billion. Mr. Ezz holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Cairo University.
Director General - worldsteel
Dr Basson received his PhD in economics from Pretoria University and taught economics at the same university from 1984 to 1990. After a few years in the banking industry, Dr Basson joined the steel industry in 1994 as Chief Economist at Iscor Ltd. in South Africa. In 1996 he became Business Unit Manager for coated steel products and flat steel products. He later headed Strategic Initiatives at the company. Dr Basson was transferred to Europe when Iscor became a part of Mittal Steel (now ArcelorMittal) in 2004 as a General Manager responsible for Marketing Strategy and was part of the Merger & Acquisition team in Mittal steel. From 2006 until he joined worldsteel, he was Vice-President, Commercial Co-ordination, Marketing and Trade Policy at ArcelorMittal. Dr Basson joined World Steel Association in August 2011 as Director General.
Chairman - Foulth
Mr. Meshary Al-Judaimi was appointed in April 2020 as the new Chairman of the Board of the Bahrain-based Foulath Holding (B.S.C) and Bahrain Steel (B.S.C). Mr. Al-Judaimi represents Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC), the largest shareholder of Foulath. Mr. Al-Judaimi is the Group Head of Principal Investment at GIC. He is the senior executive responsible for a portfolio of over thirty equity investments. These investments cover a range of sectors including steelmaking, chemicals, power generation, water desalination, logistics, telecoms, financial services, and others sectors. Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC) is a financial institution wholly and equally owned by the six countries that make up the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC.) GIC is one of the largest GCC principal investors that supports the development of private enterprise and economic growth in the region. It acts on a purely commercial basis, despite its status as a multilateral. Mr. Al-Judaimi acted as a board and board committees member of various companies including Ras Laffan Power Company (Qatar), Gulf Reinsurance Company (UAE), Securities and Investment Company (Bahrain), Shuqaiq Power and Water Company (Saudi Arabia) and ALAFCO Aviation Lease and Finance Company (Kuwait). Mr. Meshary holds an MBA from Emory University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Kuwait University. He is a CFA charter holder. Mr. Al-Judaimi attended Executive Education Programs at Harvard University, LBS, and INSEAD.