Tenaris S.A. has appointed Martin Castro as its new president in Canada where he will oversee all commercial, manufacturing and services operations, leading a team of approximately 1,000 in the country. Castro first joined Tenaris in 2007 in Argentina as a global markets senior analyst. In 2008, he moved to the United States where he worked in planning and commercial under various roles, including commercial vice-president.

He managed four regional offices across the U.S. overseeing the company’s global key accounts, the implementation of Rig Direct and other business co-ordination responsibilities to strengthen customer partnerships. He also held the position of managing director for Tenaris’s operations in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Castro, born in Argentina, graduated from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a degree in industrial engineering.

He received the degree of finance specialization from the Universidad de San Andres in Argentina, and an executive MBA from Columbia Business School in New York. Castro is a U.S. citizen.