Management

Salzgitter Mannesmann Handel GmbH is represented by:

Warehousing/Chairman

Dr. Bross has been Chairman of the Management Board of Salzgitter Mannesmann Handel GmbH since January 1, 2023.
In 2019, Dr. Bross became a member of the Group Executive Board and took over the management of the Plate and Section Steel Business Unit.
In 2010, Dr. Bross joined the Management Board of Salzgitter Flachstahl and took over the Sales and Logistics Division.
Dr. Bross began his career at Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH in 2002 as a production engineer in the hot-rolled flat steel/development, application and testing technology quality department.
Sebastian Bross holds a doctorate in engineering from the Technical University of Braunschweig (Institute of General Mechanics and Strength of Materials, Institute of Metal Physics).

Trading

Mr. Alexander Soboll has been a member of the Management Board of Salzgitter Mannesmann Handel GmbH and Managing Director of Salzgitter Mannesmann International GmbH since July 2016.
His career at Salzgitter began in 1990 with an apprenticeship in wholesale/foreign trade.
After working in various sales departments, Mr. Soboll gained extensive international experience in China and Singapore, where he most recently held the position of Managing Director.
He returned to Germany in 2008 and took on management positions, including as head of the “Warm Flat” department and as a member of the management board of Europipe GmbH.
Mr. Soboll holds an MBA from Henley Business School (UK) and is a member of various supervisory boards and committees, including the Foreign Trade Committee of the Düsseldorf Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

Finances

Mr. Christoph Martin has been a member of the Management Board of Salzgitter Mannesmann Handel GmbH and Managing Director of Salzgitter Mannesmann International GmbH since January 2025
In 2019, he initially took over the management of the Strategy, Markets & Development functional area for one year and became Head of Controlling, Accounting & Risk at the end of 2019
In 2016, he assumed responsibility as CFO for the finance area of the three Downstream business units of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
He began his professional career as a trainee in Production Controlling Metallurgy at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG in 2007 and became Team Leader Production Controlling Rolling & Finishing in Duisburg in 2011
Christoph Martin studied economics at the University of Duisburg-Essen and obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the JurGrad School of Tax and Business Law at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität.