PITTSBURGH, April 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- United States
Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) today announced that Stephen J. Girsky was elected to the company's
Board of Directors at yesterday's Annual Meeting of
Stockholders. His term as a Director became effective
April 26, 2016.
Girsky is President of S.J.
Girsky & Company, an independent advisory firm, where he
advises senior corporate and board executives, labor leaders, OEM
leaders, suppliers and dealers, and policy makers. He has
been a member of the General Motors Board of Directors since 2009
and has served as a Senior Advisor to General Motors Company (GM)
since 2014. Girsky is also a Director at Valens Semiconductor
Ltd., a provider of semiconductor products for the distribution of
uncompressed high-definition multimedia content. His
extensive career includes more than 25 years of experience in the
automotive industry.
Girsky previously served as GM Vice Chairman from 2010-2014,
during which time he oversaw global corporate strategy, new
business development, global product planning and program
management, global connected consumer/OnStar, and GM Ventures LLC
and global research and development while also serving as Chairman
of the Adam Opel AG Supervisory Board. From 2011-2013, Girsky
also held responsibility for GM's global purchasing and supply
chain function.
Prior to his years at GM, Girsky was President of Centerbridge
Industrial Partners, an affiliate of Centerbridge Partners, L.P.,
and a multibillion-dollar investment fund. He also served as
an advisor to the United Auto Workers from 2008-2009 and as a
special advisor to the CEO and CFO of GM from 2005-2006.
Earlier in his career, Girsky held automotive equity research roles
at Morgan Stanley and PaineWebber.
Girsky earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the
University of California at Los Angeles
and a master's degree in business administration from the
Harvard Business School.
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SOURCE United States Steel Corporation