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Nieuw hoofd voor BMW Design
Wed May 23 17:00:00 CEST 2012 Persbericht
Karim Habib is vanaf 1 juni 2012 het nieuwe hoofd van BMW Design. De 42-jarige Canadees - van Libanese afkomst - staat sinds maart 2011 aan het hoofd van 'Exterior Design' van BMW automobielen en werkt sinds 1998 voor het BMW Design Team. Onderstaand het volledige Engelstalige persbericht.
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Karim Habib will take over as Head of BMW Design on 01.06.2012. The 42-year-old Lebanon-born Canadian has been in charge of Exterior Design BMW Automobiles since March 2011. He joined the BMW Group design team in 1998 and, among other achievements, shaped the design of the current BMW 7 Series.
Following his studies in Canada and California, Karim Habib had various posts in interior and exterior design before becoming Team Leader Advanced Design for the BMW Group and later heading the BMW Exterior Design department. Now the designer and engineer takes overall charge of the design of BMW cars.
“I feel very honoured and I look forward to this new challenge. Now I have the opportunity of working together with a great team to shape the future face of the BMW brand,” says Karim Habib.
“Karim Habib is an outstanding designer who has had a significant impact on the design of the BMW brand over many years. His longstanding experience and subtle instinct for timely elegance and dynamics are the ideal prerequisites for this demanding task. I look forward very much to his support and collaboration,” says Adrian van Hooydonk, Senior Vice President BMW Group Design.