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Welcome to Macsteel International




To be the most dynamic and respected international service provider, linking producers and consumers of steel and similar commodities, by providing efficient and reliable communication and supply lines via marketing, shipping, logistics and finance.
Overview History



Macsteel International Holdings BV was set up as Joint Venture between Macsteel Holdings (Pty) Limited and ArcelorMittal South Africa around Macsteel's pre-existing international steel marketing organisation and is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a centuries old trading capital.

For more than 25 years the Macsteel Group has been trading steel around the globe. From small beginnings in the Far East during the early 1980's, following the acquisition of trading house Leo Raphaely and Sons, steel products are now traded annually through 5 regional Hubs located strategically in London, New York, Hong Kong, Dubai and Johannesburg. Cargo shipping which started out as an ancillary service to facilitate international steel trading has grown into a substantial business in its own right.
Overview Board of Directors
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Jack Gerber

Executive Chairman

Licence es Sciences Economiques - University of Neuchatel, Switzerland (Economic Sciences degree, International Finance & Industrial Economics). Joined Macsteel in 1981. Positions held : 1983-Group Deputy Chairman, Macsteel Holdings (Pty) Ltd; 1989- Moved to the UK and resigned all South African Boards. Became Chairman of Leopold Lazarus Ltd, which was succeeded by Macsteel International UK (Pty) Ltd in 1996. 1996-Director Macsteel International Holdings B.V. 1997-Executive Director, Macsteel Holdings (Pty) Ltd; 1998-Vice Chairman Macsteel Holdings (Pty) Ltd; 1996 - 1998- Executive Director, Macsteel International Holdings B.V.; 1999-Appointed Executive Chairman; 2000 - Appointed Co-Chairman of Macsteel Holdings (Pty) Ltd.

  • Jack Gerber

    Executive Chairman

    Licence es Sciences Economiques - University of Neuchatel, Switzerland (Economic Sciences degree, International Finance & Industrial Economics). Joined Macsteel in 1981. Positions held : 1983-Group Deputy Chairman, Macsteel Holdings (Pty) Ltd; 1989- Moved to the UK and resigned all South African Boards. Became Chairman of Leopold Lazarus Ltd, which was succeeded by Macsteel International UK (Pty) Ltd in 1996. 1996-Director Macsteel International Holdings B.V. 1997-Executive Director, Macsteel Holdings (Pty) Ltd; 1998-Vice Chairman Macsteel Holdings (Pty) Ltd; 1996 - 1998- Executive Director, Macsteel International Holdings B.V.; 1999-Appointed Executive Chairman; 2000 - Appointed Co-Chairman of Macsteel Holdings (Pty) Ltd.

  • Eric Samson

    Executive Director

    Eric Sampson joined Macsteel in 1957. He was Co-Chairman of Macsteel International Holdings B.V. from 1996 to 1998. He retired as Co-Chairman in 1999 and is currently the Executive Director of Macsteel Holdings (Pty) Ltd.

  • Leon Price

    Chief Executive Officer

    Joined Leo Raphaely & Sons in 1978. Joined Macsteel on their effective takeover of Leo Raphaely & Sons in 1982. Positions held in Iscor/Macsteel: 1980 - General Manager, Far East Commodities & Trading; 1982 - Marketing Director; 1984 - Managing Director; 1984 - Managing Director (Trading). He was appointed as Managing Director at Trans Orient Steel Ltd in 1985. Director to Macsteel Holdings (Pty) Ltd Board in 1988. In 1990 he was appointed as President - International Steel Trading - Macsteel Group, then Joint Deputy Chairman - Steel Trading Macsteel Holdings (Pty) Ltd. Appointed as Joint Deputy Chairman - International Steel Trading, Macsteel Holdings (Pty) Ltd. Executive Director Macsteel International Holdings B.V. 1996 - Present.

  • Willem Kruger

    Executive Director Finance

    CA (SA), H.Dip Tax. Joined Macsteel Holdings (Pty) Ltd in February 1992 and Macsteel International Holdings B.V. in January 1997 as Group Financial Manager. Appointed to the Board of Directors of Macsteel International Holdings B.V. on 1 July 1999 - Present.

  • Adriaan Veltema

    Director and company secretary

    Honorary degree in tax law at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. International tax manager at Arthur Andersen Amsterdam 1985 through 1995. Joined the Macsteel Group as tax director in November 1995. Director Macsteel Global B.V. 1996 – present. Director and company secretary Macsteel International Holdings B.V. 1996 – present. Director Macsteel International Business Support Services B.V. 2003 – present.

  • Michael Pfitzner

    Non-Executive Joint-Chairman

    1987 to 1994: Saarstahl AG (former Saarstahl Volkingen GmbH) EVP Sales and Logistics. 1995 to 2000: Krupp Thyssen Stainless GmbH, Krefeld, EVP Sales and Distribution. 2000 to 2005: Salzgitter AG, Salzgitter and Dusseldorf, SEVP Sales and Distribution. 2005 to 2006: Mittal Steel London, Director Marketing. 2006 to present, ArcelorMittal, EVP Commercial Coordination - Marketing

  • Davinder Chugh

    Non-executive Director

    LLB, MBA 1977-1988 : Junior, Assistant, Deputy Manager, Bhilai Steel Plant (SAIL) 1988-1995 : Manager and later Senior Manager (Commercial), Corporate Purchasing Group Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), New Delhi, India 1995-1998 : General Manager (Purchasing), Ispat Hamburg 1998-2000 : General Manager (In-charge) – Purchasing, Ispat German Units- Hamburg and Duisburg 2000-May 2002 : Vice President (Purchasing), Ispat Europe Group South Africa May 2002 – Sept 2004 : Executive Director Commercial, ISCOR Limited South Africa Sept 2004 - Present : Chief Executive Officer, Mittal Steel South Africa (formerly Ispat Iscor Limited)

  • Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita

    Non-executive Director

    BSc (Hons)(Elec Eng), MSc (Elec Eng), MBA, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of ArcelorMittal South Africa with effect from 1 March 2008. She was previously Chief Officer: Mergers & Acquisitions at the Vodacom Group and prior to joining Vodacom served as CEO of Alliance Capital Management. She is the non-executive chairman of the Bond Exchange of SA and Arivia.Kom and a non-executive director at ACSIS.

  • Rudolph Torlage

    Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director: Finance, ArcelorMittal South Africa

    B Accounting (University of Stellenbosch), B Comt Hons (UNISA), CA (SA), MDP (UNISA). Rudolph joined ArcelorMittal South Africa in 1989 as Internal Auditor working for Head Office, Pretoria. In May 1991 Rudolph relocated to Newcastle as Internal Auditor and was soon appointed as Senior Management Accountant, Newcastle Works in July 1992. In 1993 he got appointed as Divisional Manager, Final Accounts and Accounting Services and during the re-engineering program he was appointed as Divisional Manager, Strategy Monitoring. In April 1999 he was appointed as Divisional Manager, Management Accounting and Reporting in Newcastle Works. Rudolph moved back to Head Office, Pretoria as Manager Financial Advisory Services in June 2001 taking care of the management accounting activities of the company’s Long Product business. In April 2004 he got promoted to Group Manager, Management Accounting CoE, Corporate Office and in September 2005 he was appointed as General Manager, Company Controlling. On 3 September 2010 Rudolph was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director to the Board.

  • Sunil Kumar

    General Manager of ArcelorMittal

    General Manager of ArcelorMittal, was appointed Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) - ArcelorMittal South Africa as from 1 March 2010 Sunil Kumar joined the Group in 2001 as Product Manager, Flat Products of the marketing arm of Mittal Steel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He became a General Manager – Sales & Marketing at the company’s China Representative Office in Beijing in 2004 where he managed four regional offices and domestic sales until March 2007. Sunil moved to Morocco in April 2007 as Managing Director of ArcelorMittal International in Casablanca. Sunil started his career as an Engineer at the Auto Paint Shop at Tata Motors in Pune, India, followed by a role as Joint General General Manager at Essar Steel Ltd in Mumbai, India. Sunil Kumar holds a B.Tech (Hons) degree in Manufacturing Science and Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur and a Post-Graduate diploma in International Trade from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi India.

Services Steel Trading & Distribution



Trading and Distribution includes the following services:
  • Sourcing of steel products and raw materials
  • Marketing and selling of steel products and raw materials
  • Claims handling
  • Logistics management
  • Banking services
  • After sales support
MIHBV is particularly well placed to provide these services through our worldwide network of offices and agents, who have built up significant knowledge and experience of their local market needs.

MIHBV trades in a vast range of products including hot and cold rolled coil, billets, wire rod, slabs, stainless steel, aluminium, reinforced bar, tubes and pipes, galvanized and engineered steel products and iron ore. For a full list of our products, click here or for more detail of the products we trade and the services we offer contact your local MIHBV representative.
Services Shipping



Shipping

Through MUR Shipping, MIHBV provides the following shipping services:
  • Ship chartering and cargo brokerage
  • Freight coverage
  • Logistics management
  • Port agency
  • Vessel stowage optimization
  • Container broking and management
Refer to MUR Shipping's website for full details of our shipping business including logistics and operations.

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Structure Related Companies


Macsteel Holdings MUR Shipping Macsteel Service Centres USA Macsteel Service Centres South Africa
Macsteel Holdings comprises a group of companies specialising in the marketing, distribution, warehousing, processing and movement of steel and similar bulk commondities. We are innovative in our approach to the shipping business and passionate about our commitment to our clients. Macsteel processes and distributes carbon, stainless, aluminium and specialty metals
to customers throughout North America and Puerto Rico.
The Macsteel Service Centres SA Group is Africa's leading merchandiser and distributor of steel and value added steel products.
www.macsteelholding.com www.murship.com www.macsteelusa.com www.macsteel.co.za
Careers



Our international presence offers job opportunities around the world. Interested candidates are requested to send their resumé to the following address:


Amsterdam
Adriaan Veltema
Zuidplein 164
World Trade Center Amsterdam
Tower H, 20th Floor
1077 XV Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Email address: veltema@miho-nl.com
Facsimile number: +31 (20) 404 4307

The company will not respond to resumé submissions unless an appropriate position is available, however, your resumé will be kept on file for a period of twelve months should an opportunity arise.
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