STOCKHOLM – Autoliv Inc. has appointed George Chang as the new president for Autoliv Asia. He will succeed Gunnar Dahlén, who will retire in July next year.
 
Chang is currently president of Autoliv China, an operation that under his leadership has grown its sales from $10 million in 2000 to more than $1.1 billion this year. He joined Autoliv in 1997 as regional purchasing manager for Autoliv Asia Pacific.
 
Chang holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical (aeronautical) engineering from the University of Technology in Malaysia and an MBA from the Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
 
Chang will assume his new position on April 1, 2012, and will become a vice president of Autoliv Inc. as well as a member of the executive committee of the Autoliv parent company.
 
Gunnar Dahlén, who this year turned 65, will retire after 23 years service with Autoliv. He started as the company’s first president of the South East Asian region when Autoliv had only two subsidiaries there (Autoliv Australia Ltd. and Autoliv New Zealand Ltd.)