Martin Pei
Biography
“The brain behind the fossil free steel” – chef MAGAZINE, 2024
Martin Pei is the Executive Vice President and CTO of SSAB AB, a Swedish Steel company founded in 1978. Originally from Heilongjiang China, he moved to Stockholm, Sweden to pursue his PhD in Metallurgy at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Since then, he has made significant contributions not only to SSAB but the steelmaking industry as a whole, leading the world on a more sustainable path.
1994
PhD in Materials Science and Metallurgy
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
1994-2001
Area Sales Manager and Later General Manager
Danieli Centro Met
2001-2007
R&D Manager, General Manager
Manager of Research and Development, and later General Manager, Steel Production at SSAB.
2007-2009
Executive Vice President and CTO
Chief Technical Officer, member of Group Executive Committee at SSAB
2010-2014
Executive Vice President and Head of APAC
Chief Technical Officer, member of Group Executive Committee at SSAB, focusing on the development of the APAC division.
2014-
Executive Vice President and CTO
During this time, Martin ideated and spearhedd the creation of HYBRIT AB, on behalf of SSAB, VATTENFALL and LKAB.