Aperam has appointed Bert Lyssens as the head of sustainability, human resources and communications, effective April 1, 2015. Bert will be a Member of Aperam's Leadership Team and will report to Timoteo Di Maulo, CEO of Aperam. Bert Lyssens, 45 years, has over twenty years of experience in Human Resources and has spent 10 years at Agfa where he was Group vice president from 2010 onwards.

Bert joined Agfa Gevaert in 2005 as HR Director responsible for EMEA and was appointed HR Director International at Agfa Graphics in 2006.