Vijay Mahadevan, who replaced Frank Pannier, was appointed as the head of ArcelorMittalTemirtau

/IRBIS, October 19, 2011/ -Vijay Mahadevan was appointed as the head of "ArcelorMittal Temirtau", reports the press service of the company. As indicated, Vijay Mahadevan, vice president of the company "Mittal Steel" was appointed Director General of enterprises "ArcelorMittal" in Kazakhstan and will take up his duties from 01 November 2011. In this position he will report to Gonzalo Urquijo, Senior Executive Vice President and member of the board of directors of the company "Mittal Steel". Frank Pannier, vice president of the company "Mittal Steel", from November 1, 2011 will go to work in the corporate segment of ASNG and will be responsible for projects aimed at modernizing and improving production processes in factories in Africa and the CIS. In this position, Pannier and shall be subject Urquijo. "I want to thank Frank Pannier for his excellent work in Kazakhstan and wish good luck to Vijay Mahadevanu as CEO of steel plant in Temirtau. I look forward to full support of Frank Pannier during the change of leadership at our facilities in Kazakhstan and Ukraine. Therefore, in the near future it will be a frequent guest in Temirtau and in Krivoy Rog", - said Gonzalo Urquijo, whose words are reported. "Strategy of ArcelorMittal for activities in Kazakhstan remains unchanged: we are implementing a program of modernization of production and in the near future we plan to launch a fully reconstructed blast furnace # 2, and third continuous casting machine (CCM-3), we continue to consistently implement its investment obligations", - was said in the message. As reported, Vijay Mahadevan joined the group "ArcelorMittal" on Lazaro Cardenas in the enterprise (Mexico), where up to 2005 was responsible for sales and marketing of products slab. In 2006 he moved to the "ArcelorMittal Dubai" (UAE) as general manager of sales and marketing, overseeing product marketing companies, "ArcelorMittal Temirtau" and "Mittal Steel Krivoy Rog". Since 2007, Mr. Mahadevan worked as the director of marketing companies, "Mittal Steel" in the CIS. Mr. Mahadevan has 22 years experience in manufacturing, customer support, sales and marketing. [2011-10-19]