Nechifor, who has worked at the plant for more than 20 years, is the first woman to lead the plant in its 55-year history and the first woman to lead any major Romanian steel plant.
She will also have management responsibility for Liberty Skopje, a downstream site in North Macedonia.
Nechifor, who was previously the plant’s Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Management Committee since December 2018, joined the Galați steelworks in 2001. She initially joined as an economist before leading teams across sales, accounting, financial reporting, planning and analysis functions.
Prasanta Kumar Mishra, who was appointed the plant’s interim general manager in February 2021, has been appointed the new executive director of Liberty Galati.
Liberty Galati currently has around 5,000 employees and a turnover of RON5 billion in 2019, the most recent available data. The company made RON29 million in net profit, its second year of turning a profit after several loss-incurring years.
Liberty Steel announced recently it was looking to restructure unprofitable units in the wake of the March collapse of Greensill Capital, its biggest financier.