Tower International, Inc. announced changes in the leadership of its International Operations. Par Malmhagen will join Tower, effective June 1, as President, Tower Europe. In this role, Par will be an Officer of the company and a member of Tower's Enterprise Leadership Team, reporting to Tower International, Inc. President and CEO Mark Malcolm. Malmhagen will join Tower from Autoliv, where he served most recently as Vice President Sales, Europe and also as Vice President, Volkswagen Global Business Unit. In 20 years at Autoliv, Malmhagen compiled an impressively broad range of leadership experiences in functional and general management positions in Europe and abroad, including Plant Controller; Controller, Global Ford Account; General Manager, China; Director Sales, South America; Managing Director, Eastern Europe and South Africa; Vice President, European Tech Center North; and Senior Vice President, European Seat Belt Division. Malcolm will oversee European operations until Malmhagen joins the company. David Ro, President Tower Korea, will now report to Malcolm on a permanent basis. The company also announced that Jim Gouin, Tower CFO, will additionally assume overall responsibility for Tower's rapidly expanding China Operations. Xu Peipei, President Tower China, will report to Gouin.