This list is from 2006: ASTON MARTIN Marek Reichman, design director Studio: Banbury Road, Gaydon, Gaydon, Warwickshire CV35 0DB, UK AUDI Walter de' Silva, head of design, Audi brand group Stefan Sielaff, head of design, Audi Studios: Audi Design I/ED 85045 Ingolstadt, Germany Seat Design Center 08870 Sitges, Barcelona, Spain Design Center California 82 W. Cochran Street Simi Valley, California 93065, USA BENTLEY MOTORS Dirk van Braeckel, director of design Other senior design styling managers: Raul Pires, head of exterior design Robin Page, head of interior design Luis Santos, design project manager Studio: Bentley Motor Cars Pym's Lane Crewe, Cheshire CW1 3PL, UK BERTONE David Wilkie, design director Eugenio Manassero, managing director Studio: Stile Bertone, Via Roma 1 10040 Caprie, Turin, Italy BMW Chris Bangle, director of design Other senior styling managers: Adrian van Hooydonk, director design, BMW cars Michael Ninic, head of interior design, BMW Thomas Plath, head of advanced design, steering and strategy, BMW group Gert Hildebrand, director design, Mini Verena Kloos, president BMW group DesignworksUSA Ulf Weidhase, director design of M and individual cars Ian Cameron, director design, Rolls-Royce Markus Syring, head of interior design, Mini Joachim Kolling, head of advanced design, BMW group Studios: Forschungs- und Innovationszentrum (Research and Innovation Center) Knorrstrasse 147 80788 Munich, Germany DesignworksUSA 2201 Corporate Center Drive Newbury Park, California 91320-1421, USA CITROEN Jean-Pierre Ploue, director of Centre de Creation Citroen Other senior styling managers: Oleg Son, head of platform two Carlo Bonzanigo, head of platform three Gilles Vidal, concept cars Studio: Centre Technique de Velizy Centre de Creation Citroen, Route de Gizy 78973 Velizy-Villacoublay Cedex, France DAIMLERCHRYSLER Peter Pfeiffer, senior vice president design; head of design, Mercedes Car Group Other senior styling managers: Hans-Dieter Futschik, director design draft exterior and interior Karlheinz Bauer, director design program management and operations Gerhard Honer, director design commercial vehicles Studios: Advanced Design Sindelfingen Dept DE/AS, HPC X805 71059 Sindelfingen, Germany Senior manager: Andreas Langenbeck DaimlerChrysler Advanced Design Italia Largo Spluga, 1, 22100 Como, Italy Studio director: vacant Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design of North America 17742 Cowan Street Irvine, California 92614, USA Studio director: Gordon Wagener DaimlerChrysler Japan Holding, Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Center of Japan 1-17 Chigasakiminami 2-Chome Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 224-0037, Japan Studio director: Olivier Boulay EDAG (Engineering & Design AG) Johannes Barckmann, head of design Studio: EDAG Design Studio Reesbergstr. 1 36039 Fulda, Germany FIAT AUTO Wolfgang Egger, vice president design, Alfa Romeo Flavio Manzoni, coordinator exterior design, Fiat, Lancia and LCVs Roberto Giolito, coordinator interior design, Fiat, Lancia and LCVs Studios: Centro Stile Fiat Via La Manta 22 10137 Turin, Italy Studio director passenger cars: Christopher Reitz Studio director LCVs: Peter Jansen Centro Stile Lancia Viale Fausto Coppi 2 10043 Orbassano, Turin, Italy Studio director: Marco Tencone Fiat Auto Advanced Design Corso Settembrini 40 10137 Turin, Italy Studio director: Roberto Giolito FIORAVANTI Senior design executives: Leonardo and Matteo Fioravanti Studio: Fioravanti SrL Styling Studio P. Vittorio Emanuele 4 Moncalieri, Italy FORD OF EUROPE Martin Smith, executive design director Other senior styling managers: Chris Bird, director of design operations and integration Terry Wolkind, business and operations manager Stefan Lamm, chief designer exterior design Claudio Messale, chief designer exterior execution and feasibility Nikolaus Vidakovic, chief designer interior design Ruth Pauli, chief designer color and materials Studio: Merkenich Design Center John Andrews Entwicklungszentrum Spessartstrasse 50725 Cologne, Germany FUORE DESIGN Erwin Leo Himmel, CEO Studio: C/Teodor Roviralta 31 08022 Barcelona, Spain HEULIEZ Alain Masquelet, research and development director Jean-Marc Guillez, advanced engineering director Studio: Heuliez R&D Center 7 Rue Louis Heuliez 79140 Cerizay, France HONDA Studios: Honda R&D Europe Carl-Legien-Strasse 30 83073 Offenbach, Germany Senior design executive: Makoto Yamashita Honda R&D Co. Ltd. Wako R&D Center Tokyo Studio 33 F Jzumi Garden Tower 1-6-1 Roppongi Mineto-ku Tokyo 106-6033 Japan Senior design executive: Kiyoshi Nishigata Honda R&D North America 1900 Harpers Way Torrance, CA 90501, USA Senior design executive: Masahito Okubo HYUNDAI Byung-Seob Lee, European design director Thomas Buerkle, Hyundai Europe lead designer Studio: Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Centre Am Hyundai-Platz Marie-Curie-Strasse 2 65428 Rüsselsheim, Germany I.DE.A. INSTITUTE Ugo Palma, design director Umberto Palermo, advanced design director Studio: I.DE.A. Institute Strada del Portone, 61 10137, Turin, Italy ITALDESIGN GIUGIARO Fabrizio Giugiaro, styling area director Studios: Italdesign Via Achille Grandi, 25 10024 Moncalieri, Turin, Italy Diseno Industrial C/Isaac Peral 13 08960 Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona, Spain Italdesign France Rue de Forny 254 7830 Buc, France JAGUAR Ian Callum, director of design Other senior design managers: Julian Thomson, chief designer, advanced design Giles Taylor, senior design manager, sports cars Kim Challinor, manager, color and trim Studio: Jaguar Cars Engineering Centre Design Studio (W/3/026), Abbey Road Whitley, Coventry CV3 4LF, UK JOHNSON CONTROLS Han Hendriks, vice president industrial design, marketing, communication & advanced sales Studio: Industrial Design Studio Europe Johnson Controls GmbH Automotive Group European Headquarters Industriestrasse 20-30 51399 Burscheid, Germany KARMANN Jörg Steuernagel, studio head Other senior styling managers: Marian Dziubiel, deputy studio head Jutta Sommer, head of color and trim Studio: designStudio Wilhelm Karmann Karmannstrasse 1 49984 Osnabrück, Germany KIA Peter Schreyer Senior executive vice president and chief design officer Kia Motor Corp. Hyundai-platz 65428 Rüsselsheim LAMBORGHINI Interim senior design executive: Walter de' Silva, head of design, Audi brand group Studio: Via Modena, 12 40019 Sant' Agata Bolognese, Bologna, Italy LAND ROVER Gerry McGovern, design director, (above) succeeds Geoff Upex next month) Other senior styling manager: David Saddington, chief platform director, Discovery and Defender Studio: Design, G-DEC Land Rover Banbury Road, Lighthorne Warwick CV 35 0RR, UK LOTUS Russell Carr, chief designer Steve Crijns, design manager John Statham, design manager Barney Hatt, principal designer Richard Kilgren, designer Anthony Bushell, designer Neil Lloyd, studio manager Studio: Group Lotus plc Potash Lane, Hethel, Norfolk NR14 8EZ, UK MAGNA STEYR Andreas Wolfsgruber, head of Graz styling studio Studio: Styling Studio Europe, Magna Steyr Liebenauer Hauptstrasse 317 8041 Graz, Austria MAZDA Laurens van den Acker, general manager, design division Other senior styling manager: Atsushi Yamada, chief designer, Mazda R&D center Yokohama Peter Birtwhistle, chief designer, Europe Franz von Holzhausen, chief designer California Studios: Mazda Motor Corporation 3-1 Shinchi Fuchucho Akigun Hiroshima 730-8670, Japan Mazda R&D Center Yokohama 2-5 Moriya Kanagawaku Yokohamashi Kanagawa-ken, Japan Mazda Europe GmbH European R&D and Production Hiroshimastrasse 1 61440 Oberursel, Germany Mazda North American Operations 1422 Reynolds Avenue Irvine, California 92614, USA MITSUBISHI Studio: Mitsubishi Design Europe Head Office & Design Studio Diamantstrasse 1 65468 Trebur, Germany General manager: Satomi Tsujimoto NISSAN Sataru Tai, vice president design Other senior styling manager: Stephane Schwarz, design director Studio: Nissan Design Europe 181 Harrow Road London W2 6NB, UK OPEL Bryan Nesbitt, executive director design General Motors Europe Studio: General Motors Europe International Technical Design Center IPC 86-01/Rugbyring 65423 Rüsselsheim, Germany PSA/PEUGEOT-CITROEN Gerard Welter, chief designer Other senior styling managers: Robert Peugeot, executive vice president innovation and quality Jean-Pierre Ploue, chief designer Citroen Studio: Automotive Design Network (ADN) Route de Gisy 78943 Velizy Villacoublay Cedex, France PININFARINA Andrea Pininfarina, interim director of design Studio: Pininfarina Ricerca e Sviluppo Strada Nazionale 30, Cambiano, Turin, Italy PORSCHE Michael Mauer, chief designer Studio: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum (Research and Development Center) Porschestrasse 71287 Weissach, Germany RENAULT Patrick Le Quement, senior vice president, corporate design Other senior styling managers: Anthony Grade, vice president, interior design Thierry Metroz, vice president, exterior design Patrick Lecharpy, vice president, advance design Studio: Technocenter, Direction du Design Industriel, 1 Avenue du Golf 78288 Guyancourt, France SAAB Simon Padian, design manager Studio: Saab Automobile 461 80 Trollhättan, Sweden SEAT Luc Donckerwolke, design director Other senior styling managers: Juan Perez, exterior design Juan Manuel Lopez, interior design Jordi Font, color and trim Studio: Centro Technico de SEAT, SA E/D Diserio, Autovia A-2, KM 585, Apartado de Correos 91 08760 Martorell, Spain SKODA Jens Manske, head of design center Other senior styling managers: Frank Schaffer, head of interior Karl Neuhold, head of exterior Radek Simon, head of styling and surfacing Vaclav Capouch, head of visibility Studio: Skoda Auto Design Vaclava Klementa 869 293 60 Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic SMART Hartmut Sinkwitz, chief designer Studio: Leibnitzstrasse 2 71032 Böblingen, Germany TORINO DESIGN Roberto Piatti, CEO, managing director Other senior styling managers: Giuliano Biasio, design director Claudio Villani, engineering director Studio: Torino Design Strada Genova 214 10024 Moncalieri Turin, Italy TOYOTA Kazuo Okamoto, executive vice president in charge of research and development, design group Hirai Wahei, managing officer in charge of global design management division, Toyota and Lexus design divisions Tokuo Fukuichi, president Toyota Europe Design Development Studios: Toyota Europe Design Development (ED2) 2650 Route des Colles, BP 253 06905 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France Toyota Technical Center (Head Office) Toyota City, Aichi prefecture, Japan Tokyo Design Research and Laboratory (Technical Center) Ishikawa, Hachioji City Tokyo, Japan Calty Design Research Newport Beach, California 92660, USA ULTRAMOTIVE (formerly MEL Design) Andrew Hill, head of design Other senior styling manager: Andrew Miles, modeling manager Studio: Leafield Technical Centre Langley, Witney, Oxfordshire OX29 9EF, UK VALMET Aimo Ahlman, vice president product development Other senior styling managers: Jouni Koskinen, head of exterior design Esa Kiiski, head of interior design Studio: Valmet Automotive Technical Center PO Box 4, FIN 23501, Autotehtaankatu 14 23500 Uusikaupunki, Finland VOLKSWAGEN Murat Günak, vice president of design Studios: Volkswagen Design Center Brieffach 1683 28436 Wolfsburg, Germany DCC Design Center California 82 W. Cochran Street Simi Valley, California 93065, USA VOLVO Steve Mattin, senior vice president & design director Other senior styling managers: Jan Hedegaard-Broch, vice president & general manager David Ancona, manager & chief designer Studios: Volvo Car Corp., Product Design, 51000 PVS 405 31 Gothenburg, Sweden Volvo Monitoring and Concept Center 700 Via Alondra Camarillo, CA 93012, USA Volvo Barcelona Studio, Calle Diputacio 246 3-1 08007 Barcelona, Spain ZAGATO Andrea Zagato, chairman and CEO Studio: Via Arese, 30 20017 Terrazzano di Rho, Milan, Italy
That's a great idea. Many thanks. What are the changes? For Daimler, Peter Pfeiffer is about to retire, and surely will be replaced by Gorden Wagener. For BMW, is Adrian van Hooydonk still in charge?
Your welcome. :t-cheers: Yes, I believe so. Unfortunately Mr. Ninic passed away. http://www.germancarforum.com/bmw-lounge/22726-bmws-chief-interior-designer-passed-away.html
These are quite old data. Michael Ninic: deceased a few weeks ago. His position is currently empty, and a new head willbe named soon (in the meantime Van Hooydonk is also responsible for the interior design). Anders Warming (Z4, Mille Miglia Cncept): head of exterior design, BMW cars Chris Chapman (1er hatch, CS1, E53 X5, xCoupe concept): head of automobile design, BMW Group DesignWorksUSA David Robb: head of design, BMW Motorcycles. Verena Kloos: director of California studio, BMW Group DeisignWorksUSA; president of BMW Group DeisignWorksUSA Laurenz Schaffer: director of Munich studio, BMW Group DeisignWorksUSA Niko von Saurma: director of Singapore studio, BMW Group DeisignWorksUSA PS: Walter da Silva is no longer only chief designer of Audi AG but VAG chief designer etc
Update: BMW GROUP Head of BMW Group Design (Adrian van Hooydonk) Head of BMW Group Design Strategy & Advance Development* (Verena Kloos) Head of BMW Group Model and Design Techniques* (Thomas Plath) * those two departments are successors to BMW Advanced Design Studio BMW Head of BMW Design (Karim Habib) Head of BMW Exterior Design (empty) Head of BMW Interior Design (Marc Girard) BMW i Head of BMW i Design (Benoit Jacob) Head of BMW i Exterior Design (Richard Kim ???) Head of BMW i Interior Design (???) BMW M & INDIVIDUAL Head of BMW M & Individual Design (Ulf Weidhase) Head of BMW M & Individual Exterior Design (???) Head of BMW M & Individual Interior Design (Martina Bachmann) MINI Head of MINI Design (Anders Warming) Head of MINI Exterior Design (Marcus Syring) Head of MINI Interior Design (Oliver Sieghart) ROLLS-ROYCE Head of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Design (Ian Cameron) Head of RR Exterior Design (Giles Taylor) Head of RR Interior Design ( Alan Sheppard) BMW MOTORCYCLES Head of BMW Motorcycles Design (Edgar Heinrich) BMW DESIGNWORKSUSA Head of BMW DesignworksUSA & Head of California Studio (Laurenz Schaffer) Head of BMW DWUSA Munich Studio (Niko Saurma) Head of BMW DWUSA Singapore Studio (Magnus Aspegren) Head of BMW DWUSA Shanghai studio (Gerhard Steinle)
update Mercedes-Benz design team http://www.autoevolution.com/news/mercedes-benz-design-team-snaps-team-of-the-year-award-37784.html Blueprint for success a team effortA strong car design isn't just the work of one person, says Mercedes Benz's design boss Hans-Dieter Futschik.http://www.wheels.ca/feature/blueprint-for-success-a-team-effort/
Karim is still Head of Exterior design Benoit jacob is responsible for both Interior and Exterior design at BMWi. It's a very small team. Head of BMW M is Pierre Leclercq (Interior and Exterior) Head of BMW Individual is Martina Bachmann
Thanks Hussein for the corrections. Nice to see Pierre in that position. And I'm sure Richard K will be rewarded (with managerial position) for his work on both i3 & i8 exteriors sooner or later. Didn't know both i cars are his creations. Well done! I guess we can expect Karim to run the BMW exterior design operations as a temporary job, until position is filled officially. Any ideas who are (most possible) candidates for the Head of BMW Exterior design position?
That's not entirely correct. The sketches you've seen with his signature are those of the i8 and i3 showcars, not the production versions.
