Milan Nedeljkovi? was chosen as Zipse’s alternative for his strategic foresight and implementation capabilities. By Stewart Burnett
BMW’s supervisory board has appointed Milan Nedeljkovi? to interchange Oliver Zipse as Chief Government, who will departs in Might 2026 after 35 years with the corporate. The 56-year-old Head of Manufacturing, who joined BMW as a trainee in 1993, will assume management on 14 Might because the automaker launches its highly-anticipated—and marketed—battery-electric Neue Klasse sequence.
Zipse helmed BMW for a very long time, receiving contract extensions past the standard retirement age by means of 2026. He’ll exit the corporate by mutual settlement following the annual basic assembly on 13 Might. “Oliver Zipse has made a big contribution to the BMW Group and deserves our honest gratitude,” Nicolas Peter, supervisory board chairman, stated in an announcement. “He has guided BMW by means of world crises such because the coronavirus pandemic and is the driving power behind the Neue Klasse, the corporate’s most formidable future mission.” Zipse is predicted to affix Airbus’ board of administrators following his departure.
In line with BMW, Nedeljkovi? impressed the supervisory board with strategic foresight and implementation capabilities. “Milan Nedeljkovi? convinces together with his strategic foresight, robust implementation abilities, and entrepreneurial considering,” Peter stated. “He stands for very targeted administration of sources—whether or not monetary or ecological.”
The Serbian-born supervisor studied in Germany and Cambridge, Massachusetts, working by means of a number of BMW areas together with Plant Oxford earlier than becoming a member of the administration board in 2019. Automotive World interviewed him in 2023 concerning the battery know-how underpinning the Neue Klasse, and BMW’s wider ambitions about technological transformation. “The entire wealth of Europe relies on innovation and know-how achievements,” he stated on the time. “However on the similar time, we have to industrialise it.” His contract as Chief Government extends into 2031.
The handover arrives as BMW struggles to realize traction amid stiff competitors from rebel Chinese language automakers, in addition to punishing US tariffs that prompted it to chop its 2025 earnings forecast in October. The automaker is now banking on the Neue Klasse sequence to drive development in 2026 and past. Bernstein analyst Stephen Reitman described the platform in a notice to buyers because the “largest leap BMW has ever taken”.
BMW has usually navigated the electrical car transition extra efficiently than compatriot OEMs Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen, regardless of important market turbulence. Battery autos represented 18% of BMW’s world gross sales through the 9 months to September, in contrast with 11% for Volkswagen and 9% for Mercedes-Benz.
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