Paul Varello BCE (Civil Engineering)

Chairman

Appointed Chairman of the Company in July 2009, and an independent non-executive director since 2005. He is a member of the Finance & Investment Committee. He is President and CEO of Commonwealth Engineering and Construction of Houston, Texas. Prior to founding Commonwealth in 2003, he was Chairman and CEO of American Ref-Fuel Company. In addition, he spent 25 years in the engineering and construction industry. He is a registered professional engineer and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Geoffrey N Brunsdon BCom

Deputy Chairman

Appointed Deputy Chairperson of the Company effective 1 September 2011, previously an Independent non-executive director since 2009. Until June 2009 Mr Brunsdon was Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking of Merrill Lynch International (Australia) Limited. He is Chairman of ING Private Equity Access Limited (since 2004), is a member of the Takeovers Panel, was a member of the listing committee of the Australian Stock Exchange between 1993 and 1997 and was a Director of Sims Group Limited between 1999 and 2007. He is a Chartered Accountant, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia and a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors. Mr Brunsdon is also involved in several non-profit organisations, including as Chairman of Redkite (supporting families who have children with cancer), and is a director of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and Purves Environmental Custodians.

Daniel W. Dienst BA, JD

Group Chief Executive Officer

Executive director and Group Chief Executive Officer since 14 March 2008. He is a member of the Safety, Health, Environment & Community Committee, Nomination/Governance Committee and Finance & Investment Committee. He was formerly a director (since June 2001), Chairman (since April 2003), Chief Executive Officer (since January 2004) and President (since September 2004) of Metal Management, Inc. From January 1999 to January 2004, he served in various capacities with CIBC World Markets Corp., lastly as Managing Director of the Corporate and Leveraged Finance Group. From 2002 to 2005, he was Chairman of the Board of Metals USA, Inc., a NASDAQ listed steel service centre company until its sale to a private entity. He is a director of other Sims Metal Management subsidiaries and associated companies. He is a graduate of Washington University and received a Juris Doctorate from the Brooklyn Law School.

Norman R. Bobins BS, MBA

Independent non-executive director since 14 March 2008. He serves as Chairman of the Finance & Investment Committee and as a member of the Nomination/Governance Committee. He was formerly a director (since 2006) of Metal Management, Inc. From May 2007 until October 2007, he was Chairman of the board of LaSalle Bank Corporation. From 2002 to 2007, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of LaSalle Bank Corporation. From 2006 to 2007, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of ABN AMRO North America. From 2002 to 2007, he was Senior Executive Vice President at ABN AMRO Bank N.V., the Dutch parent of LaSalle Bank Corporation. He earned his BS from the University of Wisconsin and his MBA from the University of Chicago.

John T. DiLacqua MBA

Independent non-executive director since 2011. Mr DiLacqua was appointed as a director on 1 September 2011 and is a member of the Board Risk, Audit & Compliance Committee and Finance & Investment Committee. He was formerly a director of Metal Management, Inc (since June 2001), and was a Director of Sims Metal Management Limited from March - November 2008. He was the Executive Chairman of Envirosource, Inc. from May 2004 to December 2004 and had served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Envirosource from January 1999 to May 2004. From October 1997 to December 1998, he served as President of the U.S. Ferrous Operations of Philip Metals, Inc., and, prior to that, from May 1994, as the President of Luria Brothers. He is a graduate of Temple University and received an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a certified public accountant.

Michael Feeney BCom (Marketing)

Independent non-executive director since 1991. He is a member of the Risk, Audit & Compliance Committee and Remuneration Committee. He is formerly Executive Director, Collins Partners Corporate Advisory and prior to that Finance and Strategy Director for Philip Morris, Executive Director, Strategy & Corporate Affairs for Elders IXL, and Executive Director, Corporate Strategy of Elders Resources NZFP.

Gerald E. Morris BA

Independent non-executive director since 14 March 2008. He serves as Chairman of the Risk, Audit & Compliance Committee and as a member of the Remuneration Committee and Nomination/Governance Committee. He was formerly a director (since January 2004) of Metal Management, Inc and most recently served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Intalite International N.V., a diversified holding company with investments primarily in the metals fabrication industry until 2011. He also serves as Chairman and director of Beacon Trust Company. He previously served as Chairman of the board of directors of Allmet Building Products, and has previously served as a director of Rexel, Inc. and Tivoli Industries, Inc., and as trustee of the Blanchard Group of Funds. He is a certified public accountant.

Chris Renwick AM, FAIM, FAIE, FTSE – BA, LLB

Appointed as a director in June 2007. He is Mitsui’s designated independent director. Chairman of the Safety, Health, Environment & Community Committee and member of the Finance & Investment Committee. Mr. Renwick was employed with the Rio Tinto Group for over 35 years rising, in 1997, to Chief Executive, Rio Tinto Iron Ore, a position he held until his retirement in 2004. He is Chairman and director of Coal and Allied Industries Limited (since 2004), a director of Downer EDI Limited (since 2004), and Chairman of the Rio Tinto Aboriginal Fund (since 2004).

Heather Ridout

Independent non-executive director since 2011. Mrs Heather Ridout was appointed as a director on 1 September 2011 and is a member of the Board Safety, Health, Environment & Community Committee. She is currently the Chief Executive of the Australian Industry Group - an employer group which along with its affiliates represents some 60,000 businesses across Australia who employ more than one million staff in a range of industries, including manufacturing, construction and engineering. She has been with the Ai Group for over 30 years, rising through the ranks of its predecessor, the Metal Trades Industry Association, to eventually become Chief Executive in 2004. Mrs Ridout is Director of the AustralianSuper Trustee Board, the largest industry fund in Australia. She also serves on the Boards of Skills Australia, a Federal Government body established to shape Australia’s strategy on skills development, and Infrastructure Australia, established by the Federal Government some four years ago to advise on Australia’s infrastructure spending. She has an economics degree honours.

Paul Sukagawa

Non-independent non-executive director since 2009. Mr Sukagawa joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd in 1973 and has held various positions within that company, including President & Managing Director of Mitsui Iron Ore Development (2004–2007), President & CEO of PT. Mitsui Indonesia (2007–2009) and, most recently, since April 2009, Senior Adviser of Mitsui Iron Ore Development.

Jim Thompson BS

Independent non-executive director since 2009. Mr Thompson was, from 2004 until his retirement in 2007, Executive Vice President–Commercial for The Mosaic Company, one of the world’s largest fertiliser companies with sales of US$9 billion and some 7,500 employees, which is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Prior to that, he was engaged for 30 years in the steel industry from 1974–2004 in various roles at Cargill, Inc of Minnesota, United States leading to the position of President of Cargill Steel Group from 1996–2004. During that period he also served for a time as Co-Chairman of the North Star BlueScope Steel joint venture, and was a member of various industry boards including AISI (American Iron and Steel Institute), SMA (Steel Manufacturers Institute) and MSCI (Metals Service Center Institute). Mr Thompson is currently a director of Hawkins Chemical, Inc. He has a BS from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.