Munich.
Effective 1 September 2016, Alexander Bilgeri
will take over as Vice President Product, Technology and
Sports Communications for the BMW Group. He succeeds
Dirk Arnold, who was named Vice President Product
Management BMW i and e-Mobility in June 2016. Bilgeri joined the BMW
Group in 2004 and is currently Vice President Communications for the
Americas region. He was previously responsible for Business and
Finance Communications for the company.
Alexander Bilgeri will be replaced as Vice President
Communications on the American continent by Nikolai
Glies, effective 1 September. Glies has been with the BMW
Group since 1998 and is currently heading Business and Finance
Communications at company headquarters. He was previously
responsible for communications for the BMW Group production network
and head of Public Relations at the Landshut, Oxford and Dingolfing plants.
Nikolai Glies will hand over to Glenn Schmidt,
who will be responsible for Business and Finance Communications for
the BMW Group effective 1 October 2016. Schmidt is currently Vice
President Government and External Affairs for the Americas region.
He joined the BMW Group in 2004 and was previously responsible for
Steering Government and External Affairs at company headquarters.
The new Vice President Government Affairs for the Americas will be
announced at a later date.