On Monday, Ryerson, a major processor and distributor of metals in North America, announced the appointment of Edward J. Lehner to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective August 1, 2012. Mr. Lehner was most recently CFO at PSC Metals. He replaces William S. Johnson, who has been acting as interim Ryerson CFO since April 12, 2012.
Lehner's career began in 1989 with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. in the audit, tax and IT practice in New York. In 1992 he joined Nucor and spent 10 years in various financial and operational roles including Group Controller and Director of Supply Chain and Logistics. After leaving Nucor, Lehner held several senior financial and general management roles for Birmingham Steel, Inc., Laurel Steel, SeverCorr and Greenseed Holdings, LLC.