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JOHN TULLOCH

President, IPSCO Inc.

Executive Vice President, SSAB Svenskt Stål AB

John Tulloch was appointed Executive Vice President, SSAB Svenskt Stål AB and President of IPSCO, A division of SSAB, in July, 2007.

Mr. Tulloch joined IPSCO in 1977 and during his tenure, has been instrumental in helping create a world renowned steel and pipe making company.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Tulloch was Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of IPSCO and a key member of the IPSCO Senior Management Team. He progressed through the company with a number of other notable responsibilities including Vice President in 1985, and from 1993 through 1999, was General Manager of the Company’s tubular business.

In his current role, Mr. Tulloch has direct responsibility for the division’s steel plate and tubular products business and also for overall corporate commercial direction. As Executive Vice President of SSAB, he also plays a key role in the development and execution of strategies that apply to all arms of the global steel business.

Mr. Tulloch is a graduate of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and holds a M.Sc. degree from the University of Manitoba, Canada. He is a valued member of various organizations including the Metal Services Centre Institute, the American Iron and Steel Institute, the International Iron and Steel Institute and the Steel Manufactures Association.

Mr. Tulloch is located at the division’s operational headquarters in Lisle, Illinois.

JOSEPH ALVARADO

Vice President-Tubular

United States Steel Corporation

East Chicago, Ind.-native Joseph Alvarado graduated from the University of

Notre Dame (Ind.) in 1974 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and earned a master’s

degree in business administration from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., in 1976.

Mr. Alvarado has spent his entire career in steelmaking, beginning with his first

job after completing his master’s degree. He was hired by Inland Steel Company in

1976 to serve in the finance department. In 1979, he moved to Inland’s sales

department, where he progressed through increasingly responsible management

positions in sales and customer service. Mr. Alvarado was named manager-strategic

planning in 1985, was promoted to manager-plate production one year later, and named

manager-automotive marketing and international development in 1987. In 1988, he was

appointed vice president and general manager-sales and marketing for Inland Bar

Company and was promoted to president in 1995.

Mr. Alvarado assumed the role of executive vice president-commercial at

Birmingham Steel Company in Birmingham, Ala., in 1997 and joined Ispat North

America Inc. in 1998 as vice president-long products sales and marketing. In 2004, Mr.

Alvarado accepted the positions of president and chief operating officer at Dallas,

Texas-based Lone Star Technologies, Inc. and held them until U. S. Steel named him

vice president-tubular in June 2007 after completing its acquisition of Lone Star

Technologies, Inc. and its related companies.

Mr. Alvarado is a member of the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association, the

Independent Petroleum Association of America and the Metal Service Center Institute.

Jerome Granboulan has been CEO of ArcelorMittal Tubular products since 2007.

Previously, he was executive vice president of substainable development and executive vice president of innovation research and development at Arcelor.

At Usinor he served as executive vice president and CEO of packaging steel business. During his time at Sollac (Usinor) he was vice president of planning and strategy and head of sales packaging steels and head of management control.

Jérôme graduated with degrees in engineering from Ecole National Polytechnique (1977) and civil engineering from Ecole National des Ponts et Chaussees (1979)

Mr. Granboulan is chairman of boards of ArcelorMittal Tubular Products holding and companies and an Alumnus of AVIRA (INSEAD)

Kimberly H. Leppold is a Senior Metals Consultant for Metal Bulletin Research and American Metal Market Research, part of the Metal Bulletin group of companies. She is principally responsible for analysis of all aspects of the North American steel markets as well as the global steelmaking raw materials markets. Kim joined MBR in the fall of 2005, following a six-year stint as an Economist for Global Insight (formerly Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates). While with Global Insight, she was responsible for overseeing the analysis and forecasting of the economies of the Southwest central United States and consulted on projects concerning economic development issues in regions of Arkansas and West Virginia.

Ms. Leppold joined Global Insight from London, UK-based Commodities Research Unit International (CRU), where she served as a consultant for the steel and energy industries, providing commodity market analysis. Ms. Leppold holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications and a Master of Science in Mineral Economics from the Pennsylvania State University.

Mr. Reese assumed his current position within the Port’s Marketing Division in 2001. His primary responsibilities include development of new marketing plans and execution of same through contact with our national and international customer base including shippers, shipping lines, related service providers and other primary transportation industry leaders. He has been Director of the Port’s Foreign Trade Zone for the past 10 years and oversees the operational and business management of this the nation’s second oldest FTZ encompassing two shipyards, three refineries and thirty seven general purpose zones representing over $6.4 billion-worth of international freight movement.

In earlier assignments Mr. Reese served as the Operations general manager of the Port’s France Road Container Terminal Complex; Director of the Cruise Operations Division; Director of Communications; the Port's Midwest Marketing & Sales Director and Executive Assistant to the President.

Prior to coming to the Port of New Orleans in 1989, Commander Reese served a distinguished career as a naval officer specializing in business & finance, port operations, and cargo shipping. Extensive world-wide experience included long term maritime logistics assignments in Europe and Japan. As a consultant to the Department of the Army, he surveyed and researched all major U.S. deepwater commercial ports and authored the definitive text on their use by the military. During the Reagan administration he served as the business & finance manager of the Strategic High Energy Laser ("Star Wars") program in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Reese graduated with an B.S. degree in business administration from Bucknell University and did his graduate work at the College of William & Mary and Florida Tech receiving M.S. degrees in business administration and transportation systems management.

German Curá was appointed Managing Director, North America, in October of 2006. He is based in Houston, TX.

Since joining Tenaris in 1988, Curá has served the company in several roles. He held the position of Executive Commercial Director until 2006, overseeing global sales, maximizing production and implementing strategic commercial initiatives. Prior to this, Curá was President of TenarisAlgomaTubes in Sault Ste. Marie, the company’s Canadian seamless manufacturing facility after playing a leading part in the purchase initiative. Other key positions held include Sales and Marketing Manager for the Middle East, based in Dubai, as well as Exports Director for Tenaris’s operations in Mexico.

Curá was active in Tenaris’s recent expansion in North America, through its strategic acquisitions of Maverick Tube Corp. and Hydril Company. Through these mergers, Tenaris now employs over 4,000 people in North America with 13 industrial plants ranging from OCTG and line pipe production to coiled tubes and conduit tubing.

Curá, graduated with a degree in Marine Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires. He holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.).

Mike Evans is the Vice President of Maurice Pincoffs Co.

Evans previously worked at Mitsubishi International, Intsel / Daval and Commercial Metals Co.

Currently, he’s the committee Chairman & member of the Board of Directors at the National Association of Pipe Distributors and Vice chairman of the Gore/Mbeki Bi National Commission.

He was the past president of Texas Association of Steel Importers (TASI) and vice president of the American Institute of International Steel (AIIS) Gulf region.

Evans graduated with a BA degree from Texas Tech University and a post graduate degree from the Thunderbird School of International Management in Arizona.

Personal:

Paul lives in St Louis, Missouri with his wife Mary Lee. They have 2 grown sons.

Education:

Paul has a PHD in Economics with an emphasis on statistics. He is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Business:

Has 33 years experience in,

Credit analysis Lending resourcing

Economic research International Trade

Forecasting Purchasing

Business Plans Supply Chain management

Sales Management Distribution Inventory management

Site Selection Publishing & Consulting

Experience:

My 28 years in the pipe and tubing industry has been spent with both distribution and manufacturing companies. While in the distribution business time was spent on the purchasing, inventory management, supply chain side of the business and then a switch to sales and site selection. While in manufacturing focus was on business plan development, forecasting, international trade and sales issues. Currently a partner in Preston Publishing, the Pipe and Tube industry’s premier resource for industry data and consulting services.

George leads the BP Gulf of Mexico Materials Management Team for BP GoM Drilling, Projects and Operations.

He has 30 years of oil/gas experience with several oil companies and suppliers.

His background incorporates financial, marketing and operational expertise in distribution, supply chain and materials management.

Prior to his current position at BP, George was a partner at Premier Pipe (OCTG Distribution),

Sumitomo Corporation (Development of International Material Service Centers) and Bow Valley Exploration (Canada).

He is a graduate of Northern Arizona University.

Mark F. Peters is a Vice President of Gulf Publishing Company and the Publisher of Hydrocarbon Processing. He has over 25 years of industry-related experience. He has been the Co-Publisher of Pipe Line & Gas Industry, Director of International Sales for Hydrocarbon Processing, World Oil and Composite Catalog. He has also served as a District Manager for all of Gulf Publishing’s magazines in both Houston and Chicago. He has addressed HPI issues throughout the world and is involved in the production of the annual HPI Market Data Book. A member of the BMA and the Houston Chapter of the GPA he holds a BA degree in psychology from Brown University.

Personal:

Rick lives in St Louis, Missouri with his wife, Gayle and their 6 children.

Education:

Rick has a BS in Business with an emphasis in accounting. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri.

Business:

20 years experience in the pipe and tube industry and 27 years experience in:

Overall business management Accounting

Strategy International Trade

Start-ups, acquisitions and divestitures Logistics

Business Plans Human Resources

Investor relations Marketing

Site Selection Publishing & Consulting

Manufacturing management Information Technology

Experience represents all key functions of running a business and includes accounting, marketing, supply chain, human resources, information technology, logistics, startups, acquisitions and divestitures, investor relations, strategy and expansion and overall business management. Former roles include CEO, VP – Investor Relations and Business Development, VP – Shared Services, Marketing Manager and Controller. Currently a partner in Preston Publishing, the Pipe and Tube industry’s premier resource for industry data and consulting services.

Gene Shiels has been Assistant Director of Investor Relations for Baker Hughes Incorporated since 2004. Previously, he served as Assistant Treasurer of Baker Hughes. He joined Baker Hughes in 1998. Mr. Shiels holds a BBA in Finance and Accounting from Southern Methodist University.

Ms. Applebaum spent over 20 years at Salomon Brothers, in New York and Chicago.

During her years on Wall Street, Ms. Applebaum was the top-rated steel industry analyst

according to the prestigious Institutional Investor All-Star poll for a dozen years. During

that time she served as an advisor to the country’s largest money managers and

worked as part of the investment banking team advising corporations on over 2-dozen

initial and secondary public offerings, mergers and acquisitions.

Ms. Applebaum is regularly quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal and

The New York Times. She makes frequent appearances on business programs of

CNN and CNBC, and was a featured guest on Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser.

Ms. Applebaum has a BS in Economics from Northwestern University and a MBA in

Accounting and Finance from the Kellogg School of Business. She currently lives in

Chicago with her husband, 3 children and 2 dogs.

Daniel A. Pryor

Managing Director

The Carlyle Group

Washington , DC

Dan Pryor is a Managing Director focused on U.S. buyout opportunities in the industrial sector. He is based in Washington, D.C.

Before joining Carlyle in 2005, Mr. Pryor was Vice President-Strategic Development for Danaher Corporation, where he led identification and initiation of major acquisitions as well as various corporate growth initiatives. While in this role, Mr. Pryor championed Danaher's entry into the medical technology and product identification sectors. Prior to this, Mr. Pryor served in various general management and marketing positions at Danaher, including Executive Vice President of Hach Company and President of Pacific Scientific Instruments Company.

Mr. Pryor received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Williams College where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Pryor is a member of the Board of Directors of John Maneely Company, Veyance Technologies, and HD Supply.

Barry was born and raised in Windsor Ontario. He received his early education in Windsor and later attended York University in Toronto Ontario.

His University education was interrupted in 1986 with the sudden passing of his father, the late Harry Zekelman, when the ownership of Atlas Tube Inc. was assumed by Barry and his two brothers. Barry’s primary role at Atlas was the provision of strategic and commercial leadership. At that time Atlas Tube Inc. produced a limited range of Hollow Structural Steel Tubing.

Under the leadership of Barry and his brothers, the business has grown from sales of $2 million in 1986 to sales in excess of one billion in 2006. His Atlas’s Harrow, Plymouth, Chicago and Winnipeg facilities combined employ over 700 people. The company has invested heavily in both increasing its size range and capacity, as well as modernizing its existing facilities. Today, Atlas is the largest producer of Hollow Structural Steel Tubing in North America.

Due to his progressive initiatives with employee motivational tools such as gain sharing and profit sharing programs, Atlas Tube Inc. has become the most efficient producer of Structural steel tubing in the World.

In October 2006, John Maneely Co., a maker of steel tubing that is owned by private-equity giant Carlyle Group, announced a merger with Atlas Tube Inc. Barry decided to sell to Carlyle, he says, "because I want to make my company stronger by giving it a more powerful platform."

Barry is married and is a devoted father to his daughter and son. His other interests include boating, weight lifting and golf.

Gary Stein is President & CEO of Triple-S Steel Holdings, Inc., and Chairman of Proserv/Anchor Crane Group. In addition to the original Triple-S Steel business, Triple-S is the parent company of Intsel Steel Distributors in Texas and R&S Steel and Alta/Steelco in Colorado and Utah. The company is principally a service center/distributor of Structural Steel and Plate with total sales in the range of 600,000 tons per year. The companies 8 locations have over 1.5 million square feet of crane served space and 600 dedicated employees. Gary’s other business interest, Proserv/Anchor, is one of America’s largest independent overhead crane manufacturers.

A native Houstonian, Gary serves on numerous charitable boards and committees. Gary and Triple-S were recognized by then First Lady, Barbara Bush, in her memoirs for their effort to combat illiteracy. Gary and his wife Tracy have three children, Sam, Ben and Ellie.

Roger Schagrin, a native of Florida, received his B.A. from Yale University, graduating magna cum laude with special honors in History, and he obtained his J.D. with a concentration in international law in 1981 from the University of Virginia. Roger practiced with the Washington office of Thompson, Hine and Flory from 1982 through 1984, when he left to start Schagrin Associates. Roger has become widely recognized in the international trade community, testifying on numerous occasions before committees of Congress, and he has published "Result-Neutral Efficiencies by the Department of Commerce in an Era of Budget Austerity," 25 L. & Pol'y Int'l Bus. 115 (1993). On April 7, 1995 he was on the faculty of “Changes in the U.S. Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws” for the D.C. Bar/George Washington University National Law Center Continuing Education Program. In January 2002, he was again on the D.C. Bar/Georgetown University faculty CLE Program on the subject “Advising Clients on Choosing Between 201 and Dumping Remedies.” In June 2003, he was on the faculty of Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business Washington Symposium on International Trade. In March 2005, he was asked to serve on the Trade Law Advisory Group of the U.S.-China Economic Security and Review Commission. His bar memberships include the District of Columbia, Florida, the Federal District Court of the District of Columbia, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Court of International Trade. He is fluent in Spanish, French, and Portuguese and has worked in each of these languages.

Roger earned both his Bachelor of Science degree with a Major in Metallurgical Engineering (’69) and his MBA (’81) from the University of Minnesota.

Roger began his career in ’69 with North Star Steel in St. Paul Minnesota and entered the pipe business with North Star in 1985.

In 1991 Roger joined Mannesmann Oil field Tubulars.

In 1995 Roger joined the original Qualitech Steel team that built a bar mill in Pittsboro Indiana.

In 2000 Roger returned to Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes as President of VAM USA and moved to V&M STAR in March of 2003.

Roger and his wife Nancy live in Houston Texas. They were married in 1963 and have 3 children and 6 grand children.

Lewis Leibowitz practices in the areas of international trade law, customs law and international commercial transactions. He represents clients before all federal courts and agencies dealing with international trade matters, including the Department of Commerce, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office, the International Trade Commission, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Court of International Trade, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

A leading attorney in trade law matters under U.S. and international law, Lewis advises and assists clients in actual and potential antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings. In addition, he works with clients on proceedings under Section 201 and 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 and Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. He is also active in dispute settlement activities involving the World Trade Organization (WTO), advising clients in the private industry and government on these matters.

Lewis is also active in legislative matters affecting international trade law and policy, working extensively in matters affecting U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ). He counsels clients in the benefits of FTZ use, and represents clients in numerous application proceedings and related matters.

In the customs area, Lewis represents clients in matters involving Foreign-Trade Zones, entry rulings, classification of imported merchandise, bonds, fines, penalties, seizure and forfeiture proceedings, valuation, country of origin marking, and North American Free Trade Agreement eligibility of products and activities in North America.

Lewis also works on matters affecting international trade in aerospace, agriculture, the automotive industry, energy, and the steel industry. In the steel trade area, he has represented clients in a number of cases affecting steel trade, including the negotiation of international steel agreements, antidumping/countervailing duty proceedings, trade counseling, legislative matters, and others. He was very active in the successful effort on behalf of steel consuming industries to remove the Steel Safeguard measures in effect from 2002 to 2003.

Lewis has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland Law School and is a frequent speaker and panelist on international trade law and policy subjects.

Mr. Barnes joined IPSCO in 1985 as an outside sales representative and has progressed through various sales, operations and administrative positions with increasing responsibilities. Mr. Barnes was promoted to Vice President Commercial in 2000 and is responsible for the sales of OCTG, line pipe, standard pipe and HSS products in the United States.

Mr. Barnes is a member of the tubular senior management group and plays a key role in the strategic planning, budgeting and development of capital programs for the business. Most recently he led the commercial integration of IPSCO’s NS Group acquisition.

Mr. Barnes earned a BA and MBA from The Ohio State University and has attended Executive Programs at Northwestern Kellogg School of Business. He is active in the tubular industry serving as a past chairman of the Committee on Pipe and Tube Imports, a current board member of the National Association of Steel Pipe Distributors, a member of the Steel Tube Institute and the Metal Service Center Institute’s Tubular Product Council.