From August 31st, Dirk Biehler, Head of BMW Motorrad Latin America since 2022, will willingly leave his position. Temporarily, Kevin Philips, Vice President of BMW Motorrad for the Americas, will assume responsibilities for the Latin America region.
• Sixth generation of BMW eDrive technology marks a milestone in electric mobility • BMW Energy Master: intelligent central control unit for the fundamentally new high-voltage battery – developed and produced in-house • Innovative and flexible modular principle for electric drive
Statement Oliver Zipse AGM 2024
Munich. The BMW Group has announced a change in personnel at the helm of the MINI brand. Effective 1 August 2024, Stefan Richmann will take over management of MINI from Stefanie Wurst, who has held this position since 1 February 2022.
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.
Arturo Orenday es nombrado Director de MINI para la región de Latinoamérica a partir del 1º de junio de 2023.
• Diego Camargo, currently BMW Group Latin America Customer Support Director, is appointed as BMW Group Mexico CEO. • Juan Pablo Madrigal, currently head of BMW AG Market Integration, Technology, Service and Spare Parts, is appointed as BMW Group Latin America Customer Support Director.
• Vladimir Mello, currently Corporate Communications Director for Latin America, will assume a new leadership position at the company’s headquarters in Munich (Germany). • Joao Veloso, currently Head of Communications for Brazil, appointed as new Corporate Communications Director for Latin America.
- Alexander W. Wehr will be appointed Customers, Brand and Sales President for BMW Motorrad globally. Reiner Braun, currently President and CEO of BMW Group Canada, will be appointed President and CEO BMW Group Latin America. - Alejandro Echeagaray will be appointed CEO of Importer Markets in Latin America and Caribbean for BMW Group Latin America. Dirk Biehler will be Alejandro Echeagaray’s successor as Regional Head of BMW Motorrad for Latin America.
• Spiros Philippas will replace Matthias Schlesiger as CEO of BMW Group Financial Services for Mexico and Latin America. • On the other hand, Matthias Schlesiger will assume a new challenge as the CEO of BMW Group Financial Services in Malaysia.
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?
+++ Comprehensive expansion of battery factory in Tiexi, China +++ Start of production for fifth-generation high-voltage batteries +++
+++ Development of innovative and recyclable battery cells +++ Near-standard production of battery cell prototypes at new pilot plant +++ Commissioning planned for late 2022 +++
+++ BMW Group opens Competence Centre for E-Drive Production in Dingolfing and expands manufacturing capacity: E-drives for 500,000 electrified vehicles, start of production for fifth-generation BMW e-drive, Competence Centre will employ up to 2,000 staff in medium term, investment of more than 500 million euros by 2022 +++ Successful transformation of BMW Group’s biggest European production site +++
Statement and charts by Dr Peter BPK 2020
Statement and Charts Oliver Zipse AAPC 2020
Ilka Horstmeier to be responsible for Human Resources Division +++ Milan Nedeljkovic to head Production Division +++ Reithofer: "Managers are the cornerstone of our success" +++ Zipse: "I look forward to working with them in the Board of Management" +++
Zipse to assume new role on 16 August 2019
The Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Harald Krüger, gave notice today that he will not seek a second term of office. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr Norbert Reithofer, has complete respect and understanding for his decision. The Supervisory Board will address the matter of a successor during its next meeting on 18 July 2019.
+++ Innovative digitalisation technologies and new sustainability benchmarks set plant apart +++ Investment of over one billion US dollars +++ BMW Group active in Mexico for 25 years +++ Plant will be supplied with 100% CO2-free electricity +++