Evraz Appoints Director of Lean
November 17 2010 - 1:31AM
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Evraz Group S.A.
17 November 2010
Evraz Group Appoints Director of Lean
17 November 2010 - The key priorities of Evraz Group (LSE: EVR) ("Evraz") are
cost reduction and efficiency improvements, achieved through the implementation
of best practice operational and process management. Pursuing this strategy,
Evraz Group announces the appointment of Scott Baus as Director of Lean. He will
report directly to Evraz's CEO.
Scott Baus is a leading expert in Lean management with 25-years of experience.
He has led successful multiple programmes as a General Manager for The Boeing
Company. As a Vice President for Simpler Consulting, Scott was responsible for
the start up and implementation of the Royal Air Force, the Whole Navy
Transformation and the United States Air Force in Europe AFSO21 (Air Force Smart
Operations 21) programmes. Recently Scott worked with Singapore's Ministry of
Health and the National Healthcare Group on improving systems to deliver better
health care, Russia's United Aircraft Corporation and Sberbank. Scott has also
lectured at the Skolkovo business school as an expert on Lean management and has
participated on numerous councils for business improvement across the world.
Scott Baus graduated from the University of Butler (Indiana, USA) with a degree
in Engineering and has a Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Wichita
State University (Wichita Kansas, USA). He also completed post-graduate course
on technical projects at Wichita State University and has studied at the Toyota
Company in Japan and Georgetown (Kentucky, USA).
"I am sure that Scott Baus's extensive experience will help Evraz introduce the
most advanced lean practices at Evraz's enterprises that will enhance their
efficiency and competitiveness", said Alexander Frolov, Evraz's CEO.
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For further information:
Media contact:
Alex Agoureev
VP, Public Relations
+7 985
122 4822
media@evraz.com
Investor contact:
Alexander Boreyko
Director, Investor Relations
+7
495 232 1370
ir@evraz.com
Evraz Group S.A. is a large vertically-integrated steel, mining and vanadium
business with operations in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Europe, USA, Canada
and South Africa. The Company was ranked the 14th largest steel producer in the
world based on crude steel production of 15.3 million tonnes in 2009. Evraz's
internal consumption of iron ore and coking coal is covered by its mining
operations. Evraz's consolidated revenues for the six months ended 30 June 2010
were US$6,379 million and consolidated adjusted EBITDA amounted to US$1,554
million.
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