Mittal Steel Company N.V.

Malay Mukherjee, 60, has over 30 years of experience in a variety of technical and commercial functions in the steel industry, including iron ore mining, project implementation, materials management and steel plant operations. He joined the LNM Group in 1993 after working at the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), where he last served as Executive Director (Works) at the Bhilai Steel Plant, the largest integrated steel plant in India, which has a production capacity of approximately four million tonnes. Mr Mukherjee has a Master's degree in Mining from the U.S.S.R. State Commission in Moscow and a Bachelor of Science degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India. Mr Mukherjee also completed an advanced management program conducted by the Commonwealth Secretariat in joint association with the University of Ottawa, Canada, and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Mr Mukherjee joined Ispat Karmet in 1996 after serving as Managing Director of Ispat Mexicana, joining Ispat Europe as President and CEO in June 1999. Formerly the President and Chief Operating Officer of Ispat International N.V., Mr Mukherjee became the Chief Operating Officer of Mittal Steel Company in October 2004. He is a former Member of ArcelorMittal's Group Management Board with responsibility for Asia, Africa, CIS, Mining, Stainless, Pipes and Tubes as well as Technology.

Bernard Fontana joined Arcelor in September 2004 as FCS Program Office Executive manager and was appointed Arcelor Flat Carbon Europe Executive Vice President/People and Development in July 2005. Before that he worked for 18 years at the chemical group SNPE. After an appointment as SNPE North American Director based in Princeton, NJ (USA), his last responsibility at SNPE was as Executive Vice President of the Group, based in Paris. Bernard Fontana is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées (Paris).

Bill Scotting joined the Mittal Steel group in September 2002 to lead its Performance Enhancement activities, becoming responsible for Strategy in July 2007. Formerly an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company, Mr Scotting has over 20 years experience in the steel industry in technical, operations management and consulting roles. He has also held positions at BHP Steel, Pioneer Concrete UK, the Mascott Partnership and CRU International. Mr Scotting holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgy from the University of Newcastle in Australia, where he was awarded the Australasian Institute of Metals Prize for Metallurgy, and a Masters of Business Administration (with distinction) from Warwick Business School in the United Kingdom.

Carlo Panunzi was previously Senior Executive Vice President of Arcelor Brasil, in charge of Long Products and Distribution. Arcelor Brasil results from the merger of three subsidiaries of Arcelor in Brazil, Companhia Siderúrgica Belgo-Mineira, Companhia Siderúrgica de Tubarão (CST) and Vega do Sul. In 2002, Carlo Panunzi became the president of Belgo Mineira a company he had joined in 1999 and where he was, among other positions, managing director of the Piracicaba plant in the State of São Paulo. Before that, he held several positions at ARBED, which he joined in 1973 as an engineer at the Differdange plant's rolling line.

Responsible for Asia, Africa, Technology and Projects Christophe Cornier, 56, was previously a Member of the Management Committee of ArcelorMittal, Responsible for Flat Carbon Western Europe. Prior to that, Christophe Cornier was responsible for Arcelor's flat products activities in Europe and for its worldwide automotive sector since December 2005, when he was appointed a member of Arcelor's Management Committee. In June 2005, he was appointed head of Arcelor's Client Value Team. Upon the creation of Arcelor in 2002, he was named Executive Vice President of FCS Commercial Auto. Before that, he was CEO of Sollac Mediterranée. In 1998, he was appointed CEO of La Magona, after joining Sollac Packaging as Managing Director in 1993. In 1985 he joined Usinor, where he was Business Development Director and Chief Controller of Sollac. He began his career with the French Ministry of Industry, which he left as a Deputy Director. Mr Cornier is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École des Mines in Paris.

Gerhard Renz was formerly the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Mittal Steel Europe. He has over 32 years' experience in the steel industry. Mr Renz formerly worked as the Managing Director of Mittal Steel Hamburg. Mr Renz is a board member of Verein Deutscher Eisenhuttenleute, Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl and the European Iron and Steel Institute. He holds a bachelor's degree in engineering.

José Armando Campos was formerly President and officer in charge of the Flat Steel Business Area at Arcelor Brasil and president and CEO of CST - Companhia Siderúrgica de Tubarão. He was appointed to the post in 1997. Prior to this he worked in the mining development and metallurgical areas at the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce from 1974 to 1992. Mr Campos is Member of the ABM - Brazilian Metallurgy and Materials Society, and of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS). Mr Campos was also a member of the Board of Directors of Acesita. José Armando Campos is a Mining Engineer, with a degree from the Federal University of Ouro Preto.

Michael Pfitzner joined Mittal Steel as Director of Marketing in February 2006. He has over 25 years of extensive industry experience in commercial functions with several steel companies namely Mannesmann, Saarstahl, Krupp Thyssen Stainless and Salzgitter. In his last assignment at Salzgitter, where he worked for nearly 5 years, Michael was a Member of the Executive Board responsible for Sales and Distribution. Mr Pfitzner has a Degree in Economics from the University of Bonn, Germany.

Michael Rippey was elected as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mittal Steel USA in August 2006. Previously, he had been the company's executive vice president, sales & marketing, since April 2005, with direct responsibility for all sales and marketing of light flat-rolled and plate products. From January 2004, Mike Rippey, was executive vice president, commercial, and chief financial officer, at Ispat Inland Inc., a predecessor company. He joined the company in June 1998. He has a bachelor's degree in marketing from Indiana University, Bloomington, a master's degree in banking and finance from Loyola University, Chicago, and a master of business administration degree from the University of Chicago.

Philippe Darmayan was appointed Executive Vice President in charge of Arcelor Steel Solutions and Services (A3S) in January 2005. Before that, he was CEO of Ugine & ALZ, the European flat stainless businesses. A graduate of French business school HEC, Philippe Darmayan joined Arcelor to lead the transformation of Ugine & ALZ in 2002. Before that, he held various managing positions in the aluminium businesses of Pechiney Group, which he joined in 1996, and before that he was plant director and managing director of Franco-Belge de Fabrication de Combustibles, a subsidiary of Framatome.

François Pinault, 72, is the founder and former President of the Artemis Group and PPR. The Artemis Group is a global investment holding company including 42% of the listed company PPR. PPR includes retail brands such as FNAC, La Redoute, Conforama, and luxury brands such as Gucci Group, which includes Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Yves Saint Laurent, Boucheron and Balenciaga. Artemis also owns the Chateau Latour vineyard in France and Christie's auction house. Mr Pinault also owns insurance and media businesses and holds minority shares in the French groups Bouygues and Vinci. Mr Pinault also serves on the Board of Directors of Financière Pinault and Artemis.

Lewis B Kaden, 66, is the Lead Independent Director of ArcelorMittal. He has approximately 38 years of experience in corporate governance, financial services, dispute resolution and economic policy. He is currently Vice Chairman of Citigroup. Prior to that, he was a partner of the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, and served as Counsel to the Governor of New Jersey, as a Professor of Law at Columbia University and as director of Columbia University's Centre for Law and Economic Studies. He has served as a director of Bethlehem Steel Corporation for ten years and is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Markle Foundation. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has been a moderator of the Business-Labor Dialogue. Mr Kaden is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College and of Harvard Law School. He was the John Harvard Scholar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University. Mr Kaden's principal duties and responsibilities as Lead Independent Director are as follows: Coordination of activities of the other Independent Directors; Liaison between the Chairman and the other Independent Directors; Calling meetings of the Independent Directors when necessary and appropriate; and Such other duties as are assigned from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Narayanan Vaghul, 72, has over 50 years of experience in the financial sector and has been the Chairman of ICICI Bank Limited since 2002. Previously, he served as the Chairman of the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India, a long-term credit development bank for 17 years and, prior to that, served as Chairman of the Bank of India and Executive Director of the Central Bank of India. He was chosen as Businessman of the Year in 1992 by Business India and has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation and the Asian Development Bank. Mr Vaghul was also a visiting Professor at the Stern Business School at New York University. Mr Vaghul is Chairman of the Indian Institute of Finance Management & Research and is also a Board member of various other companies, including Wipro, Mahindra & Mahindra, Nicholas Piramal India, Apollo Hospitals and Himatsingka Seide.