New Saisc CEO appointed

22nd November 2013

  

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The Southern African Institute of Steel Con-struction (Saisc) has appointed Paolo Trinchero its new CEO. He takes over from Dr Hennie de Clercq, who has retired after being at the helm of Saisc for the last 13 years.

Trinchero says he looks forward to the challenges he will face in the new position. “I come in at a time when the boom times of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the advent of the steelwork for the large power station projects are really part of the past. Currently, we are faced with much tougher times in the steel construction industry in the Southern African region where large projects are few and far between and international competition is growing.

“I will, therefore, at least in the short to medium term, be fully focused on implementing strategies that will help Saisc members to get more business,” Trinchero says.

He adds that there are a number of actions that will need to be taken to ensure that these strategies are carried out, including growing steel’s market share in the traditional concrete, timber and plastic construction industries; increasing structural steel exports; continuing to promote the light steel frame industry; ensuring the largest possible slice of government business for the local steel construction industry; and developing an increasing number of young South Africans to become part of the industry.

Trinchero has been involved in the steel industry for almost 25 years. Starting off in 1988 as a structural engineering bursary student at construction company Dorbyl, he completed his BSc in civil engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in 1990 and then, in 1993 did a MSc under the supervision of Professor Alan Kemp who introduced him to the workings of Saisc through the Steel Design Code Committee.
After spending some time as a lecturer at Wits, Trinchero joined Saisc in 1998 as consulting development engineer and technology director under the guidance of De Clercq.

In search of commercial experi- ence, Trinchero took up the position as engineering manager at Macsteel Trading in 2003, ultimately becoming group business development and technical director at Macsteel Corporate Services. Throughout his 11 years at Macsteel he never lost touch with Saisc having been involved with several of its committees.

“From a career perspective, I feel like I’ve come home,” Trinchero says. “Under Dr De Clercq, Saisc has done outstanding work and is today one of the most effective industrial institute’s in the country. But we cannot rest on these laurels. There is still much work to be done and I look forward to it,” Trinchero concluded.

Edited by Megan van Wyngaardt
Creamer Media Contributing Editor Online

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