BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairman
Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter

Vice Chairmen
Germano H. Gerdau Johannpeter
Klaus Gerdau Johannpeter
Frederico C. Gerdau Johannpeter
Carlos J. Petry

Board Members
Affonso Celso Pastore
André de Lara Resende
Oscar de Paula Bernardes Neto

General Secretary
Expedito Luz

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President
Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter

Vice Presidents
Frederico C. Gerdau Johannpeter -
Vice-Presidente Sênior
Carlos J. Petry - Vice-Presidente Sênior
André B. Gerdau Johannpeter
Cláudio Gerdau Johannpeter
Osvaldo B. Schirmer
Paulo F. Bins de Vasconcellos

General Secretary
Expedito Luz

Corporate Officers
Artur Cesar Brenner Peixoto
Érico Teodoro Sommer
Expedito Luz
Geraldo Toffanello
João A. de Lima
Ruy Lopes Filho

BRAZIL
Officers
André Felipe G. Reinaux
Claudio Mattos Zambrano
Dirceu Tarcisio Togni
Domingos Somma - Executive Vice
President, Long Steel Products
Elias Pedro Vieira Manna
Francesco S. Merlini
Gerson Marcos Venzon
Heitor L. B. Bergamini
João Carlos Salin Gonçalves
Joaquim de Souza Gomes
Joaquim G. Bauer
Julio Carlos Lhamby Prato
Luiz Alberto Morsoletto
Moacir Curi Meneguzzi
Nestor Mundstock
Paulo Roberto Perlott Ramos
Sirleu José Protti
Tadeu Petterle

Board of Auditors
Metalúrgica Gerdau
Permanent
Carlos Roberto Schroder
Domingos Matias Urroz Lopes
Herbert Wally

Substitutes
Pedro Floriano Hoerde
Ruben Rohde
José Romário Ferreira de Bittencourt

Gerdau
Permanent
José Antônio Cruz de Módena
Peter Wilm Rosenfeld
Alberto Monteiro de Queiroz Netto

Substitutes
Rudolfo Teodoro Tanscheit
Tranquilo Paravizi
José Silva Correa

AÇO MINAS GERAIS - AÇOMINAS
Board of Directors
Chairman
Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter

Vice Chairman
Marco Antônio Pepino

Board Members
Germano H. Gerdau Johannpeter
Frederico C. Gerdau Johannpeter
Paulo F. Bins de Vasconcellos
Luiz André Rico Vicente

Substitutes
Expedito Luz
Guilherme Rocha Murgel de Rezende
Ruy Lopes Filho
Osvaldo B. Schirmer
Cláudio Gerdau Johannpeter
Omar de Oliveira Fantoni

Officers
President
Luiz André Rico Vicente

Alfredo Huallem
Luiz Augusto Polacchini
Manoel Vitor Mendonça Filho
Omar de Oliveira Fantoni

THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
GERDAU AMERISTEEL
Board of Directors
Chairman
Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter

Vice Chairman
Terry G. Newman

Board Members
Phillip E. Casey
Kenneth W. Harrigan
Joseph J. Heffernan
Michael M. Koerner
Robert W. Korthals
J. Spencer Lanthier
Lionel H. Schipper
Michael D. Sopko
Frederico C. Gerdau Johannpeter
André B. Gerdau Johannpeter
Garry A. Leach

Officers
President and CEO
Phillip E. Casey

Vice Presidents
André B. Gerdau Johannpeter
Mike Mueller
Tom J. Landa - CFO e Corporate Secretary
Andre Beaudry
J. Neal McCullohs
James S. Rogers
Robert P. Muhlhan
James F. Oliver
Donald R. Shumake
Edward C. Woodrow
Wilburn G. Manuel
Anthony S. Read
Roger Paiva
Glen A. Beeby
William E. Rider
Robert L. Bullard
Matthew C. Yeatman

MRM Special Sections Division
Garry A. Leach - Presidente

CHILE
GERDAU AZA
Hermann Von Mühlenbrock S. - General Manager

URUGUAY
GERDAU LAISA
Salvador Elias Gimenez Daou - Executive Director

Stockholdings
ARGENTINA
SIPAR ACEROS
Amaury Cordeiro de Oliveira - Executive Director