United States. Tim Clark has been named CEO and President of Hitachi Astemo Americas Inc.
Clark is Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Astemo Ltd. He was president of Hitachi Astemo Europe, based in Munich, Germany. He succeeds Paul Carroll, who was recently appointed global account manager for Hitachi America Ltd.
Clark also served as vice president of sales and marketing for Hitachi Automotive Systems in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and was previously general manager in charge of international sales for Tokyo-based Hitachi Automotive Systems.
Prior to joining Hitachi in 2003, he was general manager of Unisia North America and also held executive positions at Nissan North America and Mazda in Japan.
He is fluent in Japanese and holds a bachelor's degree in Japanese studies from Brigham Young University.