Mr Buhl was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 28 February 2009.

Mr Buhl, as the third generation of his family to work in the steel industry, brings a strong heritage in steel production and sales to Boulder Steel.

Mr Buhl obtained his tertiary qualifications at the highly reputable Fachhochschule Joanneum in Graz before he commenced his metallurgical career in Breitenfeld Edelstahl AG, in Austria. In his family tradition he gained his initial experience in the steel mill, before moving into quality control where his responsibilities included development projects working in close cooperation with companies such as Siemens and General Electric developing steels for power generation, nuclear energy and aerospace applications.

He later became Production Engineer of Breitenfeld and manager of its newly designed specialty steel mill, with responsibility for high alloy steel production at the slag re-melting facility. Subsequently, Mr Buhl was project manager supervising the extension of the Breitenfeld specialty steel operations from inception to the start of production. During this time Mr. Buhl raised production levels fourfold and fully implemented the quality management system for the plant.

Mr Buhl also has a consulting and trading business, which advises on technical matters relating to steel production as well as on marketing of steel and steel products.

Responsibilities:
Chair of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee