CEO Today USA Awards

CEO Today USA Awards 2019 www.ceotodaymagazine.com - O H I O - 97 ROGER K NEWPORT CEO of AK Steel Holding FIRM PROFILE AK Steel is a leading producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products, and carbon and stainless tubular products, primarily for the automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, electrical power generation and distribution markets. Through its subsidiaries, the company also provides customer solutions with carbon and stainless steel tubing products, die design and tooling, and hot and cold stamped components. Headquartered in West Chester, Ohio in Greater Cincinnati, the company has approximately 9,500 employees at steel manufacturing operations across seven states (Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia), as well as Canada and Mexico. AK Steel is a publicly held company traded over the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AKS and is a component of the FORTUNE 500 - aligning the company with many of the most prominent corporations in America. AK Steel’s 2018 revenues reached approximately $6.82 billion. Today, the company is focused on a strategy to ensure we are well positioned as an innovative steel solutions provider to create innovative products and processes that surpass the needs of our customers today and for the future. At AK Steel, we are driven to create innovative steel solutions through our products, processes and services to meet or exceed our customers’ expectations. AK Steel employs about 9,500 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; Dearborn, Michigan and its corporate headquarters in West Chester, Ohio and subsidiary locations. AK Steel also has international sales offices throughout Europe. AK Tube LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AK Steel has plants in Walbridge, Ohio and Columbus, Indiana and Queretaro, Mexico. AK Tube produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW) tubular steel products for truck, automotive and other markets. AK Coal Resources, Inc., another wholly-owned subsidiary of AK Steel, controls and is developing metallurgical coal reserves in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Recently acquired, Precision Partners provides engineering, tooling and hot and cold stamped products across eight plants in Ontario, Alabama and Kentucky. As a responsible corporate citizen, AK Steel contributes to every community in which our company operates. Through the AK Steel Foundation, the company is able to make a positive difference in the lives of others, spending more than $1.5 million in 2018 alone on programs, scholarships and grants. In addition, through our AK CARES program AK Steel employees volunteer countless hours to support local charitable efforts to better the community and lives of our neighbours. AK Steel is committed to being a responsible corporate citizen. We hold ourselves to the highest standards and it is our intention to operate ethically, maintain fair and honest relationships and to operate within both the letter and the spirit of the law. www.aksteel.com ABOUT ROGER K. NEWPORT ROGER K. NEWPORT was named Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of DirectorsofAKSteelCorporation (NYSE: AKS) on January 1, 2016. Based in West Chester, Ohio, (Greater Cincinnati), AK Steel is a world leader in the production of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products, primarily for automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets. Mr. Newport started his career with the company in 1985 in the accounting department. He advanced through a number of increasingly responsible finance, sales and marketing roles at the corporate headquarters and the company’s Middletown Works. He was named Controller in 2001, and Chief Accounting Officer in 2004. He advanced to Vice President, Business Planning and Development in 2010, and Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer in 2012.