Year/Place of birth: 1964, Heidelberg (Germany)
Nationality: German
- Since 16 August 2019: Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG
- 2015 – 2019: Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Production
- 2012 – 2015: Senior Vice President Corporate Planning and Product Strategy
- 2009 – 2012: Senior Vice President Technical Planning
- 2007 – 2008: Managing Director Plant Oxford, UK
- 1994 – 2006: Various Leading Functions in Development, Production and Production Planning in Munich and Rosslyn (South Africa)
- 1992 – 1994: Project Engineer for Technology Innovation
- 1991: Joined BMW AG as Trainee in Development and Production
- 1997 – 1999: WHU Koblenz and Kellogg School of Management, Evanston/USA: Executive MBA
- 1985 – 1991: Technical University Darmstadt: Graduation in Mechanical Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.)
- 1983 – 1985: University of Utah, Salt Lake City/USA: Studies in Computer Science and Mathematics