Munich. On 1 May 2018 Dr Markus Schramm will take
over as director of BMW Motorrad. He will succeed Stephan Schaller,
who left the BMW Group at the end of February 2018 to head up the
management team at Voith GmbH Co. KGaA, in Heidenheim, Germany.
In the interim, BMW Motorrad was under the provisional management of
Hubert Kühner, Head of Finance, who is due to enter retirement in
April 2018.
Dr Markus Schramm (55) has been with the BMW Group since 1991 and is
currently responsible for corporate and product strategy planning. He
has previously held several management roles in Sales, Aftersales,
Strategy, Planning and Controlling. Schramm is a passionate
motorcyclist and marathon runner.
With over 90 years of expertise, BMW Motorrad is the most successful
manufacturer of premium motorbikes and maxi-scooters. Over the last
few years, a number of new models have brought significant growth to
the brand, making it the leader in the upper-range motorcycle segment
in markets around the world. Last year, BMW Motorrad delivered 164,153
motorcycles to customers worldwide, clocking up its seventh sales
record in succession. BMW Motorrad currently sells its products
through over 1,200 dealers and importers in 90 countries.