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Senior Advisor for Commercial Affairs: Steven R. Koltai


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Biography

Date: 10/27/2009 Description: Steven R. Koltai © State Dept ImageSteven R. Koltai
Senior Advisor for Commercial Affairs

Franklin Fellow Steven R. Koltai, as Senior Advisor for Commercial Affairs, forms United States policy on business, including U.S. Government advocacy for business, in the Office of Commercial and Business Affairs. Mr. Koltai is an executive with over 25 years of experience in international finance, strategic planning and entrepreneurship gained in the banking, entertainment and Internet industries. He was Corporate Senior Vice President for Strategy and Business Development at Warner Bros Inc; Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Event411.com; Co-founder of Europe's largest private television satellite company, SES/Astra, and has served in various capacities at the Export-import Bank of the United States, McKinsey & Company, Salomon Bros. and Bankers Trust. Steven was an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in 1985.

Mr. Koltai received a BA from Tufts University, an MA from Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and was a Fulbright scholar at University Libre de Bruxelles.