Novamerican Steel Inc.

Alexander Adam has been a director on our board since April 1, 2003. Mr. Adam is also a director of Gennum Corporation and HSE Integrated Inc. and serves on the advisory board of Thomson-Gordon Inc. From June 1996 to August 2002, Mr. Adam was the president and chief executive officer of Algoma Steel Inc. He previously held executive positions at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Ltd. (TMMC) and Stelco Inc.

Mr. Barker has been a director since June 2006. Mr. Barker serves as the chairman of our Nominating and Governance Committee and is also a member of our Compensation Committee. Since 1998, he has served as Chair of the Corporate Finance and Securities Practice Group of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, an international law firm based in New York. He has been a partner of Kelley Drye since 1990 and joined it as an associate in the corporate department in 1984. His practice focuses on capital market issues, corporate governance matters, asset securitizations, debt financings, general corporate and securities matters, executive compensation, partnership transactions, public reporting, public and private securities offerings, restructurings, recapitalizations, spin-offs, mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, and venture capital transactions. He has authored and co-authored many related publications and is a frequent public speaker on capital markets, governance and compliance topics.

Scott C. Mason has been our Senior Vice President Supply Chain and Safety, Health and Environment since January 2009. He joined Nalco in January 2006 as Group Vice President and President, Alternate Channels and Operations Planning. In May 2007 he took on the added responsibility for our Supply Chain. Effective October 2008, he took responsibility for our Safety, Health and Environment operations. Mr. Mason was formerly Vice President of GrafTech International Ltd. And served as President, Advanced Carbon Solutions (2005). He was President, Graphite Power Systems from 2003 to 2005. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Mason was President, Advanced Energy Technologies. He was elected Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Carbon Savoie (France) from 2003 to 2005, and he was elected Chief Executive Officer and President, UCAR SpA (Italy) from 2003 to 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Mason held numerous positions with Union Carbide Corporation, where he began his career in 1981.