ArcelorMittal Temirtau Deputy GD Mr. Shahab Included in Investors Council
With over 25 years of experience in commercial and business transformation across various markets in Europe, the CIS, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and China, Mr. Shahab Hussein has been appointed as a member of the Executive Committee of the Association Kazakhstan Investors Council. As the First Deputy General Director of ArcelorMittal Temirtau, his inclusion aims to provide organizational, coordinating, information and technical support to foreign members of the Council in fulfilling their role as advisers and consultants to the President and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on investment policy. Mr. Shahab's expertise includes market processing, strategy execution, asset restructuring, and the development of customer-oriented strategies.
Mr. Shahab's career began in international sales at INDALCO, where he worked for several years before joining ArcelorMittal in 2002 as a marketing director for Macedonia. He continued to advance in the company, eventually becoming the Managing Director for the sale of long sections to the Czech Republic at ArcelorMittal Ostrava in 2009. Over the years, he held various senior commercial positions, including serving on the regional boards of directors of ArcelorMittal Europe. Before joining the CIS leadership group in 2020, he briefly worked for the Private Equity Group GFG as the director of marketing and a member of the Board of Directors of Ostrava-based Company of Free Steel, as well as a member of the Board of Directors for operations in the Czech Republic and Germany. Throughout his career, Mr. Shahab has accumulated over 25 years of experience in commercial and business transformation, including market processing, strategy execution, asset restructuring, and developing customer-oriented strategies in numerous markets across Europe, the CIS, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and China.
Mr. Shahab received his bachelor's degree in Mathematics & English Translation from The University of Lakhnau, and his master's degree in International Business from The Delhi University of Economics. He also completed the executive management program at the London Business School and the INSEAD diploma program on the best strategy of industrial marketing.