Vikram Pawah (45) has been appointed president of BMW Group India effective 1st March 2017.
Pawah brings more than twenty five years of international experience, both in the automotive and non-automotive industry. He started his career at Jay Engineering Works, India and has held multiple management positions within Honda Cars in India and Australia. Most recently, he was the managing director of Harley-Davidson India.
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Frank Schloeder (42) acting president, will return to BMW in Germany where he will assume the position of head of business steering – luxury class. During his assignment of over three years, Schloeder has held the position of director marketing. In his tenure as acting president, BMW increased both its sales and market share in the Indian luxury car segment.
"India is a growing market with great potential for mobility products and services. With his broad experience in the automotive industry and his country specific know-how, Pawah brings excellent preconditions to strengthen our position in the Indian market. We would like to thank Schloeder for his remarkable accomplishments and wish him the best for his new role," said Hendrik von Kuenheim, BMW's head of Asia Pacific and South Africa.
