Mouvements au sein de la direction de BMW Group.

Munich. Effective 1 October 2018, Sebastian Mackensen will be appointed Head of Sales and Marketing, BMW Germany. He takes charge of the BMW Group’s domestic market from Peter van Binsbergen, who has managed the company’s third-largest market worldwide since 2015. From October, van Binsbergen will be responsible for the BMW Group global aftersales business. From 2013, Mackensen was initially in charge of global sales and marketing for MINI, before assuming overall responsibility for the brand in 2015. His successor will be named at a later date.

Also effective 1 October 2018, Markus Flasch will become Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW M GmbH. Austrian-born Flasch will take over the BMW Group subsidiary for ultra-sporty high-end vehicles from Franciscus van Meel, while van Meel will head the BMW Group’s “Total Vehicle” development unit. Motorsports enthusiast Flasch is currently head of development for the new BMW 8 Series models and was previously responsible for quality management for BMW Group vehicles in the upper-luxury class segment.