The Supervisory Board of BMW AG has just announced major changes on June 1st. Joachim Post, the current member of the board, who is responsible for the purchase and the supplier network, becomes the new CTO that will be replaced by Frank Weber, who will complete his role on June 1st. Post is replaced by Nicolai Martin as a member of the Board of Directors, who is responsible for the purchase and the supplier network.
“In recent years, Frank Weber and the entire development department have delivered an extraordinary job for the development of BMW’s central future project to series production readiness: The Neue Class. Frank Weber deserves our sincere gratitude for this performance. We wish him all the best for the future. And together with the BMW AG board of directors, we are really looking forward to the start of the new class at the end of this year, ”said Norbert Reithofer, chairman of the supervisory authority of BMW AG, on Thursday.
Dr. Nicolai Martin, born in 1978 in Frankfurt, Germanypursued a degree in Industrial engineering with specialization in mechanical engineering on Technical University of DarmstadtGraduates 2004. He earned one later Promotion in economics (Dr. Rer. Pol.) From the same university between 2005 and 2010concentrate on Institutional economy.
Martin started his career BMW AG in 2004initially work in Dynamics of the development of development. In the next 14 yearsHe kept several leadership roles in Driving dynamics, driving support and general vehicle developmentBMW’s progress in terms of vehicle performance and security. In 2019He passed into the electrification and led this to Development of electrical drive systemsBefore taking over the responsibility of Automated driving and driving experience out of 2020 to 2023.
In 2024Martin took over the leadership of BMW product line for medium-sized and luxury classMonitoring models from BMW and Rolls-Royce. From October 2024His role expanded to include BMW Alpina, which has at the end of this year under BMW. We have met Martin several times in the past and you can read an interview here.
“Joachim Post has demonstrated his extensive technological experience and management experience in recent years. I am pleased that he will bring you to the development department in the future, ”said Reithofer. “And with Nicolai Martin, another passionate engineer joins the board of the administrative administration of BMW AG. With his additional business expert, he is the right candidate for the purchase and supplier network area. “
The successor of Weber, Joachim Post, came to BMW AG in 2002 and has been a member of the Board of Directors for Building and Supplier Network since January 2022. Previously, he had positions such as the head of the product line medium -sized BMW class in the development department and head of the vehicle strategy.
