Michal Pintér has been Director of Government, EU Affairs & REACH at U.S. Steel Kosice (USSK) since January 2007. He represents USSK in the Slovak National Union of Employers as Chair of the European and Foreign Affairs Committee, as Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia, in the Czech Steel Union as a member of the Supervisory Board and in the European Steel Association EUROFER. Michal is also coordinator for delegates in the Employers Category of the Consultative Commission for Industrial Change at the European Economic and Social Committee, representing Eurofer and APEAL. Prior to joining USSK, he was Senior Economic Specialist at the United States Embassy in Bratislava for nine years. He also has several years of experience in financial news reporting