Surprisingly chief change at BMW: Reithofer is his post in Next year off and go to the Supervisory Board. At the annual meeting in May, the former head of production Harald Krüger is to be appointed as the new CEO.
The longtime BMW boss Norbert Reithofer early if his executive position at the carmaker in the coming year from. At the annual meeting in May, the former head of production Harald Krüger is to be appointed as the new chief executive, such as BMW announced after a board meeting in Munich on Tuesday. Reithofer will move to the top of the Supervisory Board of the carmaker.
He is since 2006 at the BMW-tip and the Group has since resulted in new records: In the current year, BMW will sell worldwide for the first time more than two million cars. His contract was supposed to run until 2016. For weeks, but speculation about his early retirement from the Board. In November was it known that Reithofer wants to move in the coming year in the Siemens Supervisory Board.
Kruger is BMW board member since 2008. The engineer started his career at BMW in 1992.
profits shrink in the battle for customers
Although the car business for BMW continue running smoothly , the Munich suffered a small damper last. While sales rose in the third quarter, profit fell by 1.2 percent to 1.314 billion euros.
For this, the continued strain comes on the home continent. The arena is the manufacturer with some punches to the few new customers – and still doing a grant discounts.
Overall, the model mix at BMW in summer moved about by the start of the new Mini but towards smaller cars. These are becoming increasingly important because they help BMW in complying with the CO2 requirements in the European Union – but rinse less profit in the coffers.
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