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US Steel Announces New Executive Appointments
Written by Sandy Williams
April 6, 2014
US Steel recently announced a series of executive changes. David Britten, current Senior Vice President – Tubular Operations, will assume the newly created position of Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Britten will be responsible for a further expansion of the company’s worldwide innovation, technology, engineering, and research and development of products, services and solutions. Britten, a former executive vice president of SSAB and President of SSAB’s Americas division, joined US Steel in 2012 and was named Senior Vice President – Tubular Operations in 2013.
Anthony Bridge, the current Vice President – Engineering and Technology will retire from US Steel at the end of May after 22 years with the company.
David Rintoul, who currently leads the Carnegie Way, will take on the role of Senior Vice President-Tubular Business. Rintoul joined US Steel in 2007 and has more than 30 years of steel making experience in the US and Canada. Prior to his current role, he served as President of US Steel’s operations in Slovakia.
Geoff Turk will join US Steel as Vice President – Transformation. Turk has a 24 year career with Caterpillar, where he most recently served director of the company’s advanced components and systems product business. Prior to Caterpillar, Turk worked in the automotive industry at General Motors and Diamond Star Motors, a Mitsubishi and Chrysler joint venture.
Commenting on the changes, CEO Mario Longhi said, “I am pleased to announce these important executive appointments, all of which further leverage the deep expertise and leadership capability of our executive team. These changes are designed to accelerate our return to profitability while positioning us for the future innovation that will support our successful growth.”
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