Jürgen H. Fechter
Segment
Stainless
Jürgen Fechter, born 1962 in Namibia, began his career in 1981 as an assistant auditor at Price Waterhouse. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant South Africa in 1986.
Career:
In 1989 Mr. Fechter joined Middelburg Steel & Alloys Stainless (Pty) Ltd in Middelburg/South Africa, initially as controller for R&D projects and later as sales controller.
When Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd. was founded in 1991, he was appointed to the Management Board of the operating company with responsibility for controlling and accounting. In 1994 he was promoted to the Executive Board of the Columbus Holding company.
At the beginning of 1997, Mr. Fechter moved to the Stainless Steel unit of the ThyssenKrupp Group, initially as President (sole managing director) of our Stainless Steel subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. de C.V. in San Luis Potosi. Since October 1998 he additionally became a member of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp Stainless AG. At the beginning of 2000 he was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH with responsibility for sales and purchasing. In 2002 Mr. Fechter also assumed responsibility for worldwide sales within the Stainless group. In 2003 he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp Stainless GmbH.
Since April 1, 2004 Mr. Fechter has been Chairman of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp Stainless AG and at the same time member of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG. In connection with the restructuring of ThyssenKrupp AG’s steel operations and the dissolution of the intermediate holding company ThyssenKrupp Steel AG, he was appointed member of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp AG, effective October 1, 2005.
In addition, Mr. Fechter is member of the Executive Board of the VDEh Steel Institute (Stahlinstitut VDEh) as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF).