New VP for AK Steel
publication date: Sep 2, 2010
AK Steel said that Gary T. Barlow, 48, has been named Vice President, Sales and Customer Service, effective September 1, 2010. Mr. Barlow succeeds Douglas W. Gant, who is retiring after 30 years of service to the company.
“Doug Gant has served our company and our customers well for three decades, and we offer our most sincere thanks and best wishes as he concludes a long and successful career with AK Steel,” said James L. Wainscott, Chairman, President and CEO. “Under Doug’s leadership, new benchmarks were established at AK Steel for sales and customer service.”
Mr. Gant joined AK Steel’s predecessor, Armco, in its Detroit sales office in 1980, progressing through a number of sales and marketing positions before being named Vice President, Sales and Customer Service of AK Steel in January of 2004.
Gary Barlow joined AK Steel in May of 2010 from Chicago-based Ryerson Inc., a metals processing and distributing company, where he was most recently President, Northeast Region. Prior to joining Ryerson, Mr. Barlow served in several auditing and financial service capacities at Bank of America.
“Gary is a seasoned sales veteran with a solid background in the metals industry. Like Doug Gant, he understands the value of serving our customers better than any other steelmaker. We welcome Gary to this important senior management role at AK Steel,” said Mr. Wainscott.
“Doug Gant has served our company and our customers well for three decades, and we offer our most sincere thanks and best wishes as he concludes a long and successful career with AK Steel,” said James L. Wainscott, Chairman, President and CEO. “Under Doug’s leadership, new benchmarks were established at AK Steel for sales and customer service.”
Mr. Gant joined AK Steel’s predecessor, Armco, in its Detroit sales office in 1980, progressing through a number of sales and marketing positions before being named Vice President, Sales and Customer Service of AK Steel in January of 2004.
Gary Barlow joined AK Steel in May of 2010 from Chicago-based Ryerson Inc., a metals processing and distributing company, where he was most recently President, Northeast Region. Prior to joining Ryerson, Mr. Barlow served in several auditing and financial service capacities at Bank of America.
“Gary is a seasoned sales veteran with a solid background in the metals industry. Like Doug Gant, he understands the value of serving our customers better than any other steelmaker. We welcome Gary to this important senior management role at AK Steel,” said Mr. Wainscott.