Overview
- BMW's supervisory board appointed Nedeljković to succeed Oliver Zipse on May 14, 2026, with a contract running through 2031.
- Zipse will leave the management board after 35 years at the company following an age-limit exception into 2026, and he is expected to join Airbus' board, according to prior statements.
- Nedeljković has led global production since 2019 and built his career across Oxford, Leipzig and Munich plants, bringing deep factory expertise to the top job.
- The transition aligns with BMW's rollout of the all‑electric Neue Klasse and a broader plan for roughly 40 new or updated models by the end of 2027.
- The mandate centers on accelerating EV scale as BMW contends with weaker traction in China and US tariffs, with battery vehicles at 18% of global sales in the first nine months of 2025.