• INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE
• PROMOTES NEGOTIATION RATHER THAN CONFRONTATION
• ADVOCATES CONSOLIDATION TO ADDRESS OVERCAPACITY
• WORLDWIDE STRATEGY FOR ARCELOR
• CAUTIOUS ABOUT CAPITAL
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chairman and chief executive officer, Arcelor

Nationality: French.

Born: 1942, in France.

Education: École Polytechnique.

Career: Irsid Steel Research Center, 1966–1980; Usinor, 1980–1984, head of plates and tubes division; 1985, chair of GTS Industries; 1986, executive vice president of Unisor Aciers; 1987–1993, vice president of industrial affairs for...