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Jefferson de Paula

Jefferson De Paula is President of ArcelorMittal Brasil, CEO of Longos and Mineração LATAM. Member of the ArcelorMittal Group Executive Committee, he has been working in the steel industry for over 36 years. He has been with the group since 1991, having held various executive positions in Brazil, Argentina, the Americas and Europe.

As an outsider to the ArcelorMittal group, Jefferson is currently vice-president of the board and member of the strategic council of the Associação das Indústrias do Estado de Minas Gerais (FIEMG), president of the board of directors of Instituto Aço Brasil and member of the executive council of Associação Latino-Brasil. American Steel (ALACERO).

Jefferson holds a degree in metallurgical engineering from Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil), and has executive training at business schools such as Fundação Dom Cabral (Brazil), Universidad Austral - IAE School of Business (Argentina), Insead (France) and Kellog School of Management, Northwestern University (USA).