Vision
To be an innovative steel making group with global reach and to grow in a sustainable manner to position itself among the most profitable in the industry.
Corporate Values
People: Usiminas trusts in people and applies the concepts of autonomy, cooperation and commitment.
Consistency: Usiminas is trustworthy and solid. It is consistent in its actions and long-term vision.
Technique: Usiminas dominates its knowledge and knowhow, in addition to knowledge and experience to execute and solve.
Care: Usiminas’ viewpoint is particular, from the details to the whole.
Openness: Usiminas is receptive and transparent. It is curious and at disposal for the construction and execution of ideas.
Board of Directors
Antonio Mendes
Curriculum available soon.
Elias de Matos Brito
Curriculum available soon.
Kazuhiro Egawa
Curriculum available soon.
Luiz Carlos de Miranda
Curriculum available soon.
Oscar Montero Martinez
Curriculum available soon.
Rita Rebelo Horta de Assis Fonseca
Has an Executive MBA in Finance from IBMEC Business School, and degrees in Specialization in Financial Administration from the Fundação Dom Cabral and Economic Sciences from PUC/MG. Has experience as superintendent of planning and investment analysis, analyst of economic financial planning, and cost and budget analyst. Currently is a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.
Ronald Seckelmann
Holds a BS in Business Administration by the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, having taken part in the International Competitive Strategy Seminar, Harvard Business School. He was a Financial Analyst at Cargill Agrícola S.A.; Division Controller, Alcoa Alumínio S.A.; Planning and Control Director, Vidraria Santa Marina S.A. (Saint Gobain Group); CFO and CAO, Igaras Pápeis e Embalagem S.A.; CFO and IR Director, Klabin S.A.; CFO/Director, Bertin S.A. At present, he is Finance and Investor Relations Vice-President Officer.
Ruy Roberto Hirschheimer
Curriculum available soon.
Executive Board
Sergio Leite de Andrade – CEO
Sergio Leite de Andrade is the CEO of Usiminas, with a 40-year career in the Company. Degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and a Master's Degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), he has expertise as an Engineer and Auditor of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and the Brazilian Association of Quality Control (ABCQ).
Currently Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Brazil Steel Institute, which is a member since 2008, and member of the Deliberative Council of the Brazilian Association of Metallurgy and Materials (ABM), which he was also Director for two periods (1993 and 1998/1999). With more than 60 technical papers published in conferences in Brazil and abroad, and experience in teaching at universities in the country, he was also a member of the Technology Committee of the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI), between 1994 and 2000, in addition to the role of Vice President of Minas Gerais Society of Engineers, from 1999 to 2005. In 1997, he was awarded by the City Council of Ipatinga with the title of honorary citizen of the city.
Sergio delivered over 100 lectures in different events, covering topics in the areas of metallurgy, quality, leadership, ethics, research and development, administration, marketing, international trade, steel industry, among other subjects (1986 to 2017).
Miguel Angel Homes Camejo - Comercial Vice-President OfficerAlberto Akikazu Ono - Finance and Investor Relations Vice-PresidentKohei Kimura - Technology and Quality Vice-President OfficerTakahiro Mori - Corporate Planning Vice-President Officer
Holds a B.A. in Laws, Tokyo University, and MBA in the The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. At the NSSMC, he was Manager of Domestic Plate Sales Div., Group Manager of Personnel Dept., Manager of Human Resources Div., Group Manager of Global Marketing Div., General Manager of Corporate Planning Div., Head of Dept. of Flat Products Global Marketing Div., Executive Officer Vice Head of Flat Products Unit.
Tulio Cesar do Couto Chipoletti - Industrial Vice-President Officer
Usiminas’ shares are listed on the BM&FBOVESPA, with codes USIM3, USIM5 and USIM6, New York (OTC), with Level 1 ADRs, under code USNZY, and Madrid (Latibex) under codes XUSI and XUSIO. Usiminas’ shares are part of some of the main indexes in the market.
Presently, the voting shares are constituted as follows:
With the slogan “Doing right, always works”, the Usiminas Integrity Program came into force in 01/15/2019, bringing together the policies and the updated version of the company's Code of Ethics and Conduct. The Program establishes new measures and guidelines aligned with the values of the company, in addition to updating existing standards, and will serve as a reference for employees' day-to-day relations with their colleagues, suppliers and partners, among others, strengthening governance and transparency of procedures.
Sergio Leite, Usiminas' CEO, said the program is an important compliance tool in that it guides actions and strengthens ethical conduct on the part of all company professionals. “We are at a very important moment in the history of the country, in which we have been following a very strong and effective fight against corruption and behaviors considered inadequate. Today we are the country that has been the most oriented to this end. And we have to lead by example. For this, companies must act as multipliers of ethical practices in the construction of pillars for the improvement of Brazilian society. And here at Usiminas it's no different, “he says.
“The program was developed based on Usiminas' vision of being a reference in terms of quality and management in the steel industry, focusing on people, customers and generating sustainable results. The zeal is still for two of our intangible assets that deserve to be preserved, such as trust and reputation, “adds Legal General Manager Bruno Paulino.
Usiminas expects that in the coming weeks all the company's approximately 13,000 employees will have completed specific training on the program.
Code of Ethics and Conduct
In this Code, you will find the principles that should guide the decision making process and our relationship with suppliers, Agents, customers, public authorities, civil society, press and several other publics that are part of the routine of GROUP USIMINAS. The document also helps to strengthen to the different stakeholders the performance of GROUP USIMINAS, always based on correction, transparency and respect.
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Anticorruption Policy
This Anticorruption Policy (“Policy”), applicable to the companies of GROUP USIMINAS, has as purpose to establish minimum standards of behavior for their Collaborators, regardless of their hierarchic, functional level or place of work, and Agents before situations that might involve or characterize acts of Corruption, specifically on what concerns the relationship with the Public Authority, making clear the posture of absolute intolerance of the companies of GROUP USIMINAS to any illicit act.
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Competition Policy
This Policy establishes complementary guidelines to the Code of Ethics and Conduct and to the Brazilian antitrust legislation, notably to Law No. 12,529/2011 and its regulations, on how the Collaborators of Group Usiminas shall act, in Brazil and abroad, in the commercial practices and in the corporate relations of which they come to participate, to ensure compliance with the Brazilian legislation and the Group Usiminas’ internal rules concerning specifically related to the competition defense.
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Policy of Conflict of Interests and Transactions with Related Parties
The Policy of Conflict of Interest and Transactions with Related Parties (“Policy”) establishes the guidelines of integrity and complement the dispositions on the conflicts of interests contained in the Code of Ethics and Conduct of Group Usiminas, with the purpose to eliminate or mitigate every concrete or apparent situation that may result in conflict.
This Policy shall not prevent the execution of transaction with Related Parties, provided that carried out in the best interest of Group Usiminas and with due regard to the Bylaws and applicable legislation.
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Policy of Rewards, Gifts and Hospitalities
The purpose of this Policy of Rewards, Gifts and Hospitalities (“Policy”) is to state the position of GROUP USIMINAS in regard to the delivery, offer, promise and receipt of rewards, gifts, entertainment, trips and other hospitalities by part of the Collaborators of GROUP USIMINAS.
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Policy of Sponsorships and Donations
This Policy of Sponsorships and Donations (“Policy”) has the purpose to guide and help the conduct of the Collaborators of the companies of GROUP USIMINAS as to Sponsorships and Donations to be granted in its commercial and institutional relationships, having in view the need to avoid situations that may characterize any form of Corruption, as well as to reinforce the ethical and integrity standards present in the Code of Ethics and Conduct of GROUP USIMINAS.
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Policy of Relationship with Agents
This Policy of Relationship with Agents (“Policy”) has the purpose of establishing the guidelines of integrity for the relationship with Agents and complement the procedures for qualification, registration, evaluation, contracting and interactions.
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