Frederik Van De Velde

CEO ArcelorMittal Belgium

Belgium

About

Experience

  • CEO ArcelorMittal Belgium at ArcelorMittal Belgium
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • CTO Flat Europe at ARCELORMITTAL FLAT CARBON EUROPE S.A
    Jul 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • ArcelorMittal Poland ()
    • CEO ArcelorMittal Poland
      Dec 2021 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Responsible for operations and strategy of AM Poland

    • Deputy CEO ArcelorMittal Poland
      Feb 2021 - Dec 2021 · 11 mos

      Responsible for operations and strategy of AM Poland

  • ARCELORMITTAL FLAT CARBON EUROPE S.A (3 yrs 2 mos)
    • CTO Flat Europe Primary
      Feb 2019 - Jan 2021 · 2 yrs

      Responsible for strategy primary operations (cokemaking, sintermaking, blast furnaces, steel making and hot rolling) in Flat Europe. Specific focus on decarbonization strategy.

    • CTO Flat Europe Business Division North
      Dec 2017 - Jan 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

      responsible for strategy of ArcelorMittal flat steel in North Western Europe (France-North, Belgium, Western-Germany)

  • ArcelorMittal Gent (19 yrs 5 mos)
    • COO Primary
      Nov 2015 - Nov 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Responsible for upstream operations and investments, including raw materials handling, coke oven plant, sinter plant, blast furnaces, steel plant, energy management.

    • Head blast furnaces and sinter plants
      Nov 2010 - Nov 2015 · 5 yrs 1 mo

      Responsible for operations, maintenance and investments in sinter plants and blast furnaces. Major achievements : Blast furnaces : reduce coke consumption and increase PCI to worldwide benchmark level, increase productivity with 15%. Sinter plants : increase use of concentrates and pellets feeds, installation of hot air energy recuperation. WCM bronze award for the whole department.

    • Head of customer relations and supply chain
      Jan 2008 - Oct 2010 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Responsible for order management, planning, line scheduling and external transport. Major achievements : integration of supply chain processes in 1 department with lean organisation, start of short lead time offer as special service to customers.