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Lakshmi N. Mittal, |
Mr. Lakshmi N. Mttal is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Mittal Steel. He is the founder of Ispat International and LNM Holdings
and was responsible for the strategic direction and development of both companies.
He is also a non-executive director of Mittal Steel South Africa, an executive committee member of the International Iron and Steel Institute, a member of the Foreign Investment Council in Kazakhstan, the International Investment Council in South Africa, the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council, a director of ICICI Bank Ltd. and is on the Advisory Board of the Kellogg School of Management in the US. Mr. Mittal was awarded Fortune magazine’s ‘European Businessman of the Year 2004’ and was named ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by The Wall Street Journal. He was previously named Steel-Maker of the Year in 1996 by New Steel, a leading industry publication, and was awarded the 8th honorary Willy Korf Steel Vision Award, the highest recognition for worldwide achievement in the steel industry. American Metal Market and World Steel Dynamics presented the award.
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Aditya Mittal, |
Mr. Aditya Mittal is President and Chef Financial Officer of Mittal Steel. He joined the Company in 1997 and was formerly Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions of LNM Holdings, where he was responsible for all acquisitions since 2000. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at Ispat International. Mr. Aditya Mittal also serves on Mittal Steel's Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of Mittal Steel South Africa. From 1996 to 1997, Mr. Aditya Mittal worked at Credit Suisse First Boston in the mergers and acquisitions area. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from
the Wharton School in Pennsylvania, United States with specialisation in strategic management and corporate finance, from which he graduated magna cum laude.
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Wilbur L. Ross, |
Prior to the recent merger between Mittal Steel and ISG, Mr. Ross served as the Chairman of the ISG Board of Directors since ISG's inception. Mr. Ross is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WL Ross & Co. LLC, a merchant banking firm, a position he has held since April 2000. Mr. Ross is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WLR Recovery Fund L.P., WLR Recovery Fund
II L.P., Asia Recovery Fund, Asia Recovery Fund Co-Investment, Nippon Investment Partners and Absolute Recovery Hedge Fund. Mr. Ross is also the general partner of WLR Recovery Fund L.P., WLR Recovery Fund II L.P., Asia Recovery Fund, and Absolute Recovery Hedge Fund. Mr. Ross is also Chairman of Ohizumi Manufacturing Company in Japan, Burlington Industries and Cone Mills Corporation in the United States, and Insuratex, Ltd. in Bermuda. Mr. Ross is a board member of the Turnaround Management Association, Nikko Electric Co. in Japan, Tong Yang Life Insurance Co. in Korea, and of Syms Corp., Clarent Hospital Corp., 360 Networks Corp. and News Communications Inc. in the United States. Mr. Ross is also a member of the Business Roundtable. Previously, Mr. Ross served as the Executive Managing Director at Rothschild Inc., an investment banking firm, from October 1974 to March 2000. Mr. Ross was also formerly Chairman of the Smithsonian Institution National Board.
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Narayanan Vaghul, |
Mr. Vaghul has 49 years of experience in the financial sector and has been the Chairman of Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited for 16 years, and of ICICI Bank for the last three years. Prior to this, he was Chairman of the Bank of India and Executive Director of the Central Bank of India. He was chosen as the Businessman of the Year in 1992 by Business India, a leading Indian publication, and has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation and the Asian Development Bank. Mr. Vaghul was also a visiting Professor at the Stern Business School at New York University. Mr. Vaghul is Chairman of the Indian Institute of Finance Management & Research and is also a board member of various other companies, including Wipro Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Nicholas Piramal India Limited, Apollo Hospitals Limited and Himatsingka Seide Limited.
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Ambassador Andres Rozental, |
Ambassador Andres Rozental has a long and distinguished career in the Mexican Diplomatic Service. Over the past 36 years, he has held various senior government
and diplomatic posts including Ambassador of Mexico to the United Kingdom, Ambassador of Mexico to the Kingdom of Sweden, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, as well as Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico. From December 2000 to January 2002, he was Ambassador-at-Large and Special Presidential Envoy for President Fox of Mexico. Ambassador Rozental has received several awards, including the Grand Cross of the Polar Star (Sweden) and the Grand Cross of the Civil Merit Order (Spain). He is also an officer of the National Order of Merit (France). Ambassador Rozental is currently a member of the Board of Managing Directors of New India Investment Trust Ltd., Aeroplazas de Mexico and Inmobiliaria Fumisa. He is Chairman of the Board of Latinoamericana de Duty Free and the President of his own consulting firm, Rozental & Asociados in Mexico City. He is President of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations and a trustee of the Universidad de las Americas, his alma mater.
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Rene Lopez, |
Mr. Lopez has approximately 37 years of experience in international finance, manufacturing and marketing with multinational corporations including Alcatel-Alsthom and GEC Alsthom, where he has worked since 1966. He was President and General Manager of Alcatel-Alsthom and GEC Alsthom Canada. Currently Mr. Lopez is owner and President of Gesterel Inc. in Canada, a consultancy services boutique specialising in mergers and acquisitions, finance and technology transfer management. Mr. Lopez has received the commemorative medal at the 125th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation.
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Muni Krishna T. Reddy, |
Mr. Reddy has over 34 years of experience in financial services and he is presently
the Chairman of State Bank of Mauritius Ltd (SBM Group), Chairman of Bank SBM Madagascar, Chairman of SBM Nedbank International ltd. and Deputy Chairman
of Global Financial Services PLC Malta. He holds the following directorships: Director on the Boards of Air Mauritius Ltd; British American (Holdings) Ltd; British American Insurance Company of the Bahamas Ltd; British American International Corporation Ltd; British American (UK) Ltd; India Growth Fund Inc, New York; Intercommercial Bank Ltd, Trinidad; Intercommercial Trust & Merchant Bank Ltd; Mauritius Telecom Ltd; Overseas Telecommunication Services Ltd and South East Asia Regional Fund Ltd. Mr. Reddy has taken over as Chairman of SBM Group in October 2003, after having been the Chief Executive Officer of SBM Group for more than 16 years. Prior to taking over as Chief Executive Officer of SBM Group in 1987, Mr. Reddy worked in Singapore and India. Mr. Reddy was conferred in 1993 with the title "Grand Officer of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean" (GOSK) by the Government of the Republic of Mauritius for distinguished services in Banking.
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Lewis B. Kaden, |
Mr. Kaden has approximately 38 years of experience in corporate governance, dispute mediation, labour and employment law, and economic policy. He is currently
a partner at the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell. Prior to that, Mr. Kaden served
as Counsel to the Governor of New Jersey, as a Professor of Law at Columbia University and as director of Columbia's Center for Law and Economic Studies. He served as a director of Bethlehem Steel Corporation for ten years and is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Markle Foundation. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the moderator of the Business-Labor Dialogue. Mr. Kaden is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College and of Harvard Law School.
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Vanisha Mittal Bhatia, |
Mrs. Vanisha Mittal Bhatia was appointed as a member of the LNM Holdings Board
of Directors in June 2004 and subsequently appointed to Mittal Steel's Board of Directors in December 2004. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from the European Business School, and has completed corporate internships at Ispat Shipping Limited (now Mittal Shipping), Ispat Hamburger Stahlwerke (now Mittal Steel Hamburg) and with an internet-based venture capital fund.
