Tim Clark has been appointed CEO and president of Hitachi Astemo Americas Inc.

Clark is a senior vice president and executive officer of Hitachi Astemo Ltd. He had been president of Hitachi Astemo Europe, based in Munich, Germany. He succeeds Paul Carroll, who recently was named global account manager for Hitachi America Ltd.

Clark also had served as vice president of sales and marketing for Hitachi Automotive Systems in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and previously was general manager in charge of international sales for Hitachi Automotive Systems based in Tokyo.

Prior to joining Hitachi in 2003, he was general manager of Unisia North America and also had held executive positions at Nissan North America and with Mazda in Japan.

Fluent in Japanese, he holds a bachelor’s degree in Japanese Studies from Brigham Young University.