{"id":24692,"date":"2018-02-12T17:47:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T17:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autocarmalaysia.com\/?p=24692"},"modified":"2018-02-12T17:50:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T17:50:39","slug":"bmw-group-malaysias-new-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autocarmalaysia.com\/prepro\/2018\/02\/12\/bmw-group-malaysias-new-md\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW Group Malaysia&#8217;s new MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Effective 1 March 2018,\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">BMW Group AG has appointed Mr. Harald Hoelzl,\u00a0<\/span>BMW Group Malaysia&#8217;s new Managing Director and Chief Executive Office. Hoelzl<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0will be taking over from\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">current Managing Director and CEO, Mr. Han Sang Yun who, in turn, will take on the role as the new President of BMW Group Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hoelzl began his career with the BMW Group in 2002 and has held positions in the Sales, Marketing, Dealer Development and IT departments. BMW Group AG appointed him the Head of Marketing at BMW Group Central South Eastern Europe in 2011 before leading the BMW Group\u2019s operations in the Czech Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Han will be the new President for BMW Group Korea, also effective 1 March <\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a02018, in place of current President Dr. Hyojoon Kim who will assume the roles and responsibilities of Representative Director and Chairman for the premium automaker in the country.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Han was appointed the Managing Director and CEO at BMW Group Malaysia in January 2015. He brought with him over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry in his native country Korea, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">During his time in Malaysia, Han led the premium automaker to its best-ever performance growth in 2017 and was also the key driver in growing BMW Group Malaysia\u2019s portfolio of Plug-in Hybrid vehicles to 55% of its total volume delivery in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Effective 1 March 2018,\u00a0BMW Group AG has appointed Mr. Harald Hoelzl,\u00a0BMW Group Malaysia&#8217;s new Managing Director and Chief Executive Office. 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