Alexander Buresch will take over the leadership of the BMW Group’s financial services business as of August 1 from Gerald Holzmann. His successor as CIO and Senior Vice President BMW Group IT will be Franz Decker.
+++ Sourour Stanke takes on responsibility for Strategy, Services, Media House, Market Communications Europe, China in the Corporate Communication & Public Affairs division of the BMW Group +++
+++ Thym moves from Vice President Purchasing, Quality and Production Cockpit and Door Panels to Head of BMW Group Plant Landshut on 1 December +++ Kasperowski will take over responsibility for high-voltage battery production at Dingolfing and Regensburg +++ Carolin Seidel is new Press Spokesperson at Landshut +++
Markus Flasch takes over the position as Head of BMW Motorrad. He succeeds Markus Schramm, who led BMW Motorrad to the top position in the global premium motorcycle market and is retiring after five very successful years as Head of BMW Motorrad.
Isabel Richter takes over as team manager for global sustainability communications.
Dr. Alexander W. Wehr will become President and CEO of BMW Group Belux.
Change of leadership at the top of BMW Group Financial Services: Gerald Holzmann will take over as Head of the Financial Services business of the BMW Group on 1 April. His predecessor, Dr. Thomas Wittig, was responsible for the segment since July 2017.
As of February 1st 2022, Stefanie Wurst takes over the management of the MINI brand. Her predecessor Bernd Körber will now head BMW Product Management and the Connected Company. Strategic further development of the British premium brand with a focus on new markets and target groups as well as electromobility and digitalization will be consistently continued.
+++ Robert Frittrang appointed Managing Director of BMW Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH in Eisenach from 1 March +++ Alexander Eras to move to BMW Group Plant Leipzig as Head of Painted Bodies +++
+++ Hans-Peter Kemser named as plant director for planned site in Debrecen, Hungary +++ Petra Peterhänsel will take over at Plant Leipzig +++
Dr. Alexander W. Wehr moves back to the head office and takes over as Vice President Customer, Brand, Sales at BMW Motorrad.
The BMW Group’s production locations in Munich, Oxford and Spartanburg will have new plant directors from 1 September.
New responsibilities at BMW Welt and BMW Group Classic
Three questions for the International Women's Day 2021: Did you know that a woman put the fastest MINI ever built on the road? Did you know that the first purely electric MINI was developed under the direction of a woman? Did you know that the design of the alleged "most masculine" of all MINI models was shaped by a woman?
+++ BMW Group was one of the first companies in Mexico to implement the dual educational model since 2015 +++ ProLead certification "Meister in Industrial Mechatronics" since 2019 +++
Kathrin Kerls takes over as Chair of Board of Management
From May 2019, Uwe Holzer will take on the role of Vice President International Corporate and Special Sales at the BMW Group.
On 1 April, Bernd Körber (44) took over as the new head of MINI. It’s a return to the brand for Bernd, who worked in MINI brand management when he first joined the BMW Group in 2003.
Sales and marketing operations in Asia Pacific (excluding China), Eastern Europe (outside EU), the Middle East and Africa will be integrated into a single sales region. Hendrik von Kuenheim will take responsibility for this new region on 1st February 2019 and further leverage the opportunities for growth in this dynamic set of countries.
Interview with Stefan Juraschek, Vice President Development Electric-Powertrain.