Additionally, GM International Operations President Tim Lee and GM Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann have been appointed members of the Opel Supervisory Board.
Girsky replaces Nick Reilly, who resigned from the board as a member and chairman. Reilly recently announced that he has elected to retire from GM in March 2012.
"With Steve Girsky as Chairman of the Board and Karl Friedrich Stracke as President of GM Europe and CEO of Opel/Vauxhall, GM has two highly experienced leaders to take Opel to the next level," said GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson.
General Motors Vice Chairman Stephen Girsky has been named Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Adam Opel AG, effective immediately