Jorge Luiz RIBEIRO DE OLIVEIRA
President & Chief Executive Officer
AM/NS Calvert
Jorge Luiz Ribeiro de Oliveira, joined AM/NS Calvert as
President and Chief Executive Officer on September 1,
2019. Jorge is responsible for the operations and strategic
direction of the multibillion-dollar steel processing facility in Calvert, which is jointly
owned by ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel Corporation.
Jorge began his career at ArcelorMittal Tubarão almost 34 years ago, as a development
engineer trainee. In January 1989, he became section manager of blast furnaces
enlarging afterwards his responsibility to the production planning & control and the blast
furnaces & sinter. In June 2008, he was nominated General Manager responsible for
iron making and energy department. He held this position until 2010 before being placed
in charge of the steel making and Hot Strip Mill at the ArcelorMittal Tubarão facility.
In 2011 Jorge left ArcelorMittal Tubarão to take a position as President & CEO of
ThyssenKrupp Steel CSA Cia Siderúrgica do Atlántico SA. In July 2014 Jorge re-joined
ArcelorMittal as Chief Operations Officer of Flat Carbon South America.
Living and working in an international environment has taught Jorge the importance of
bringing people together and just how much can be accomplished when you empower
people to work together. Jorge’s moto is “With respect, trust and transparency we are
stronger integrated and much more motivated”.
Jorge is a graduate in metallurgical engineering from Universidade Federal Fluminense,
Brazil and he participated in executive programs at Kellogg School of Management,
USA and PGA program at Insead in France.
Jorge enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, and playing golf. He and his wife
Livia reside in Daphne, Alabama, with their twin daughters Brunela and Gabriela