BMW's Engine Design Chief Leaving To Become New Audi CEO

Audi is set to get a new chief executive in the form of Markus Duesmann, BMW’s engine development and purchasing expert.

According to German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Duesmann will leave his role at BMW to become Audi’s new chief on April 1, 2020. BMW’s board will discuss Duesmann’s planned departure soon, Reuters added.

skytop - 9/16/2019 1:37:56 PM

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How can new independent design ideas generate if all the car makers play musical chairs with the same executives?

Bach24 - 9/16/2019 5:33:02 PM

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This guy couldn't make it pass middle management at BMW, but becomes the head guy at Audi. Audi proves once again it's Bavaria's red headed stepchild.

Tiberius1701A - 9/16/2019 5:35:44 PM

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Audi prepare for (more) oil leaks!!

MDarringer - 9/16/2019 7:01:20 PM

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So BMW the company that is in a complete engineering crisis is going to Audi> LOL

mre30 - 9/17/2019 8:39:28 AM

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I guess now when we see a two-year old German car with blue/white smoke pouring out of the exhaust pipe we can no longer assume it is a BMW. (Not an uncommon sight near the service entrance of BMW Manhattan near my home - last sighting, two weeks ago a late model Alpina 7-series billowing clouds of smoke behind it).