Harald Krüger new Chairman of the Board of Management BMW AG

Jason · 05-13-2015, 11:29 AM

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May 13, 2015

Munich. As previously announced, Harald Krüger assumed the role of Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG with effect from the end of today’s Annual General Meeting. Krüger, who holds an engineering degree, was most recently Board of Management member for Production. He joined the BMW Group in 1992 and has been a member of the Board of Management since December 2008. He was head of Human Resources until assuming responsibility for MINI, Motorrad, Rolls-Royce and Aftersales at the end of June 2012, a position he held until moving to head of Production in April 2013.

Norbert Reithofer elected to the Supervisory Board and elected as its Chairman

The previous Chairman of the Board of Management, Dr. Norbert Reithofer, was elected to the Supervisory Board at the Annual General Meeting. At a meeting of the Supervisory Board held after the AGM, he was also elected its Chairman. Dr. Reithofer joined the company in 1987 and had been a member of the Board of Management since March 2000. He was responsible for Production until September 2006, when he took over as Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG.

BMW Annual General Meeting

Diver · 05-13-2015, 01:39 PM

Congratulations Harald.

Petr0lhead · 05-13-2015, 01:41 PM

Just for the germans: His name is Harald KrUEger.

raysspl · 05-13-2015, 02:08 PM

Very cool, congrats!

dacianvv · 05-13-2015, 04:24 PM

Congrats!

X3paul · 05-13-2015, 05:20 PM

Not sure what influence one man has on a company this big. Anyway hope he has bigger balls than previous ceo. Put some passion back into the brand instead of profit profit profit.

M3JHWK · 05-13-2015, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by X3paul

Not sure what influence one man has on a company this big. Anyway hope he has bigger balls than previous ceo. Put some passion back into the brand instead of profit profit profit.

One can only hope.

norb335i · 05-14-2015, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Petr0lhead

Just for the germans: His name is Harald KrUEger.

Hopefully not a relative of Freddy!

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Chihuahua · 05-14-2015, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by X3paul

Not sure what influence one man has on a company this big. Anyway hope he has bigger balls than previous ceo. Put some passion back into the brand instead of profit profit profit.

fecurtis · 05-14-2015, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by X3paul

Not sure what influence one man has on a company this big. Anyway hope he has bigger balls than previous ceo. Put some passion back into the brand instead of profit profit profit.

A lot actually. He's the one who comes up with growth strategies and pitches it to the board essentially.

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