• Oliver Zipse will leave the Board of Management after the Annual General Meeting in May 2026 as planned • Nicolas Peter: „Nedeljković convinces with strategic foresight, strong implementation skills, and entrepreneurial thinking“ • Appreciation to Oliver Zipse: „Significant contribution to BMW“
• Andrew Jago joined BMW Group UK on 1 July to lead Corporate Sales, overseeing BMW and MINI sales to business and leasing customers.
Sophie Rowe wins in the Events category for revitalising BMW’s Golf programme • 10 BMW Group UK women recognised as finalists across eight categories • BMW Group success spans categories including Events, Marketing, Sales, Operations, Talent and Apprenticeships
• Michelle Roberts to join Park Lane as Managing Director • Colette Healy to succeed Michelle as BMW Marketing Director
Federico Izzo has been appointed as the new Director for MINI UK and Ireland, with effect from 1 May 2022 . He succeeds David George who moves into the role of President and CEO, BMW Group Canada from 1 March.
BMW UK and British Vogue have partnered to launch the first BMW UK/ British Vogue Scholarship Programme. This unique opportunity will see three successful candidates undertake a four-month paid scholarship placement, with the first placement beginning February 2021, across both British Vogue’s offices in central London and BMW UK’s offices in London and Farnborough.
• Rob East responsible for BMW and MINI sales to business and leasing customers
Young people with a passion for the automotive industry are being encouraged to apply for a place on BMW Group’s apprenticeship programme in the UK.
The BMW iNEXT is scheduled for release in 2021 – self-driving, electric and fully connected. To achieve this aim, the BMW Group is combining its development expertise in vehicle connectivity and automated driving at a new campus in Unterschleissheim near Munich.
Two female engineers from MINI Plant Oxford have secured national recognition after they landed a top industry award from leading automotive magazine Autocar.
BMW Group has joined forces with other leading UK car manufacturers to help launch the Automotive Apprenticeship Matching Service and develop the skilled workforce of the future.
BMW Group is on the search for more than 30 young people as part of its continued drive to invest in apprenticeships at the company’s three key UK manufacturing sites in 2016.
Applications now being accepted by Oxford Brookes University for an innovative new degree programme which has been developed in partnership with the BMW Group.
Peter van Binsbergen new Head of Sales and Marketing, BMW Group Germany +++ Sebastian Mackensen new Head of MINI +++ Jochen Goller new Director of Sales and Marketing, BMW Brilliance Joint Venture in China +++ Bernhard Kuhnt to lead BMW importer sales markets +++ Uwe Dreher new Head of BMW, BMW M and BMW i marketing
• 2014 work experience programme in MINI and BMW’s UK production network in Birmingham, Oxford and Swindon • Last call for applications – deadline 26 September
BMW Group UK has launched recruitment for its brand new graduate programme with 13 places available across its MINI UK production network.
BMW Group is looking for around 160 young people with a passion for the motor industry to take up apprenticeships available through its company and dealership schemes in 2014. The new recruits will join over 400 existing apprentices currently undergoing training across the company’s UK operations, and within its BMW and MINI dealer network, with some able to rise beyond NVQ to degree qualifications.
Skills and Enterprise Minister Matthew Hancock visited MINI Plant Oxford to meet 30 young women from across the UK as part of a government drive to encourage female students to consider a career in engineering.
• BMW Group UK supports apprenticeship initiative
Chris Brownridge has been appointed as the new Director for MINI UK and will take up his position on 1 November 2013.