People, Positions and Obituaries · 12 December 2025

Milan Nedeljkovic appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BMW Group

Exam-focused facts from the 12 December 2025 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • Milan Nedeljkovic has been appointed as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BMW Group.
  • He will assume his role.
  • He succeeds Oliver Zipse.
  • Milan Nedeljkovic is an industry veteran in the German automaker.
  • He has been a member of the Board of Management at BMW AG.
  • He was responsible for the company's production.
  • He completed his mechanical engineering from RWTH Aachen University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
  • He also completed his doctorate at the Chair of Forming Technology and Foundry Engineering of the Technical University of Munich.