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Alacero taps new leaders at top

June 7, 2024

Alacero has named new top leaders to guide its ongoing transformation and modernization process, the Latin American steel association said in a statement sent to SMU.

Alacero designated Ezequiel Tavernelli its new executive director as of June 1. He takes over from Alejandro Wagner, who returned to Argentina to pursue other avenues.

Tavernelli is an industrial engineer with 28 years of experience in the steel industry. He has held various positions at the Techint Group and Ternium in his home country of Argentina.

Alacero also recently elected a new president. Jorge Luiz Ribeiro de Oliveira, CEO of ArcelorMittal Aços Planos and VP of ArcelorMittal Brazil, will serve for 2024-25, the association said.

São Paulo-based Alacero has more than 60 member companies with ~62 million tons of production capacity. It represents Latin America’s steel industry at various international organizations, such as the World Steel Association and the OECD.

Laura Miller

Laura Miller is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. She has held a variety of positions within the steel industry since 2007, including reporting and editing for Steel Business Briefing/Platts, the Association for Iron and Steel Technology, and Kallanish Commodities, as well as marketing for what was then known as ThyssenKrupp Steel USA (now AM/NS Calvert). After a five-year hiatus working across other industries, she returned to steel in 2021 and has covered the flat rolled, tubular, and trade areas of the industry. She is a member of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries and a past-president of the AWMI Pittsburgh Chapter. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She can be reached at laura@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7869.