Our management has broad experience in all aspects of the international metals manufacturing industry, including operations, marketing and finance. We also draw on a deep pool of technical know-how specific to our products and markets.

Alan Kestenbaum, Executive Chairman

• Over 20 years' experience in metals trading, distribution, finance and manufacturing
• Founded leading international metals trader, Marco International, in 1985 and led its expansion into China and former Soviet Union.
• Managed a series of successful metals private equity transactions
• Began his career in metals with Glencore and Philip Brothers in New York

Jeff Bradley, Chief Executive Officer

• Over 25 years experience in the metals industry.
• Former CEO of Claymont Steel, the country's leading custom steel plate producer. Led a successful IPO & three bond transactions, rebuilt the executive and senior level management teams. Spearheaded one of the largest capital investment programs in the company’s history.
• Over 20 year career at Worthington Industries, a $3 billion diversified metal processing company. Held numerous key roles in sales, investor relations, General Management and business development.
• B.S. in Business Administration from Loyola College

Arden Sims, Chief Operating Officer and President GMI

• Over 35 years' experience in the metals industry
• President and CEO of Globe Metallurgical since 1984
• President of ferroalloy producer, SKW Metals from 1981 to 1984
• From 1970 to 1981 he held various management positions at Union Carbide Corporation's Metals Division (subsequently purchased by Elkem Metals)
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the West Virginia Institute of Technology

Malcolm Appelbaum, Chief Financial Officer

• President from 2000 until September 2008 of Appletree Advisors, Inc., a financial consulting and advisory firm he founded to serve the portfolio companies of private equity firms and senior and mezzanine lenders.
• Served as Interim-Chief Financial Officer for several underperforming companies and assisted others as an outside consultant while at Appletree Advisors.
• Principal between 1992 and 2000 at Wand Partners Inc., a private equity investor. Was the financial officer responsible for the firm and worked extensively with portfolio companies and developed an investment practice closing several platform and add-on acquisitions.
• Worked as an associate at M&T Bank, a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs and a senior consultant and senior accountant at Deloitte and Touche.
• B.S. in Accounting from Brooklyn College and an M.B.A. from Columbia University

Stephen Lebowitz, Chief Legal Officer

• Formerly Chief Counsel to BP plc's jet fuel, marine, and solar energy divisions from 2001 to 2008.
• Private practice both as a partner at Ridberg, Press and Aaronson and as an associate with Kaye Scholer during the period 1996 through 2001.
• Began his career in the international trade area with the US government.
• B.A. University of Vermont, J.D. George Washington University, Fulbright Scholar, LLM College of Europe.

Ted Heilman, Senior Vice President

• Formerly President of Finance Division of the Marco International Group in New York, overseeing group's activities with, Globe Metallurgical, first as senior secured lender then shareholder. Interim CFO of GSM in 2006/07. Interim CFO of GMI in 2004.
• Founder and former CEO of online logistics and trading services firm, ExImWare (formerly InterCommercial Markets)
• COO and Treasurer of the Mercon Group, a multinational commodity- trading and processing group with over $500m in sales and operating companies in six countries
• VP, Trading and Sales at Goldman Sachs' J. Aron Commodities Division in New York, managing major US corporate accounts and Latin American supply relationships
• Lending officer, Latin America desk of the Bank of New York (Irving Trust Co.)
• BS in Economics, Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania, MBA, Harvard University
• Speaks fluent Spanish

Delfin Rabinovich – Executive Director, Globe Metales S.A.

• Over 33 years' business experience including 25 years' in metals and manufacturing
• Seven years' experience as management, marketing and technology consultant to a variety of industries
• General Manager of the DAPSA petroleum refinery from 1993-1995
• General Manager of KICSA Aluminio, the Aluar group's aluminum packaging manufacturer from 1988 to 1993
• From 1973 to 1988 held various management positions at FATE, S.A., major Argentine tire manufacturer
• Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Buenos Aires and an M.S. in management from the Sloan School of Management at MIT

Stuart Eizenstat – Director

• Partner at Covington & Burling
• Over 30 years' legal and government service experience
• Served as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and previously as Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural affairs and Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade during the Clinton administration
• From 1993 to 1996 was the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union
• From 1977 to 1981 served as President Carter's Chief Domestic Policy Adviser and Executive Director of the White House Domestic Policy Staff

Daniel Karosen – Director and Audit Committee Member

• Partner at Mandel, Fekete & Bloom, CPA's
• Held positions with Coopers & Lybrand and PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• Certified Public Accountant
• Graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in Accounting

Franklin Lavin - Director

• Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer since July 2007 of Cushman & Wakefield Investors Asia where he is responsible for building the firm’s private equity business in Asia.
• Served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the United States Department of Commerce between November 2005 and July 2007.
• From 2001 to 2005 was the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore.
• From 1996 to 2001 worked in Hong Kong and Singapore in senior banking and management positions at Citibank and Bank of America.
• Served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Asia and the Pacific during the George H.W. Bush Administration.
• Served in the White House as Director of the Office of Political Affairs during the Reagan Administration.
• B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, M.S. in Chinese Language from Georgetown University, M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
• Served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves.

Donald Barger, Jr. – Director and Audit Committee Chairman

• Chief Financial Officer at YRC Worldwide Inc. from 2000 to 2008
• Chief Financial Officer at Hillenbrand Industries Inc. from 1998 to 2000
• Chief Financial Officer at Worthington Industries Inc. from 1993 to 1998
• Since 1994 has served on the Board of Gardner Denver where he also serves as the Audit Committee Chairman.
• Since 1995 has served on the Board of Quanex where he also serves as the Audit Committee Chairman and as a member of the Compensation and Executive Committees.
• From 1965 to 1970 served in the US Navy in the nuclear submarine program.
• B.S. in Engineering from the US Naval Academy and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Thomas Danjczek – Director and Audit Committee Member

• Since 1998 has served as President of the Steel Manufacturers Association that consists of 36 North American companies that operate 128 steel plants and employ approximately 48,000 people.
• From 1983 to 1998 was an executive at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation holding numerous senior management positions including divisional president and plant general manager.
• From 1970 to 1983 was a manager with Bethlehem Steel Corporation and Kaiser Steel Corporation.
• Has served on numerous boards including Trinity Medical Center, The Steel Alliance, and the Iron and Steel Society.
• Currently serving as Vice Chairman to the Commerce Department Industry Sector Advisory Committee.
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University and a Masters in Industrial Management from Purdue University