The board of directors of PJSC Severstal has nominated three new candidates to the new board. In particular the new candidates on the board, proposed by LLC Capital, the firm of Severstal's majority shareholder Alexei Mordashov, were the rector of Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Vladimir Mau; the dean of the economic faculty at Moscow State University, Alexander Auzan; and member of the board of directors of Ovako Ab, Sakari Tamminen. Meanwhile, among the number of candidates that did not join the current board is board chairman Christopher Clark and independent directors Rolf Stomberg and Martin Angle.