
Professor Dieter Ameling (Age 68)
Professor Dr Dieter Ameling was appointed to the Board as an independent Non-Executive Director of the Group in January 2010.
Professor Ameling is currently a Senior Counsellor of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG, to which he was appointed in 2008, and is a full associate professor at the Technical University Clausthal.
Professor Ameling initially studied metallurgy at the Technical University Clausthal, beginning in 1961, receiving his Masters degree in 1967 and his Doctoral degree in 1971.
Professor Ameling's working career began at Röhrenwerke Bous/Saar and Hamburger Stahlwerke. He later became Managing Director of the Thyssen Niederrhein AG, Director of Industrial Engineering with Thyssen Stahl AG, Executive Member of the Managing Board of Directors of Saarstahl AG and, finally, Executive Chairman of the Managing Board of Directors of Krupp VDM GmbH. In 2000 he became Chairman of the Steel Institute VDEh and President of the German Steel Federation. In these positions he was involved in many other steel and related organisations, including the Max Planck Institute for Iron and Steel Research.
Beyond his steel related activities he was a Member of the Board of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) from 2001 to 2008. On behalf of the World Steel Association (the former International Iron and Steel Institute), he was the Chairman of two international projects: 'Steel 2010 in China' and 'Steel 2020 in India'.
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