Franciscus van Meel

As of October 1, 2018, the M division of BMW M will get a new boss.  Markus Flasch will become Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW M, replacing Franciscus Van Meel. Austrian-born Flasch…

When Frank van Meel first became CEO of BMW’s famous M Division, there were a lot of questions about whether or not M cars would gain xDrive all-wheel drive or even hybridization. Van Meel claims…

M-Power.com sat down for a quick chat with Frank Van Meel, BMW M CEO. Van Meel is currently heading to Detroit to unveil one of the most awaited cars of the year – the M2…

BMW M’s new CEO, Frank Van Meel spent some time with us at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show to talk about the future of the M brand. BMW’s sports division is seeing record sales year-after-year…

In 2014, Frank Van Meel, former boss of Audi’s Quattro GmbH performance division, took the helm of BMW’s famous M Division. Recently, Van Meel spoke with Marc Noordeloos of OEM Magazine about the future of…

At the International Media Launch of the new 2015 BMW X6 M, Car and Driver sat down with BMW M’s new CEO, Franciscus van Meel. The usual topics came up: manual transmission on M cars,…

UK magazine CAR sat down at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show with BMW M’s new CEO, Franciscus Van Meel, to talk about the future of the M brand. Topics like a M5 xDrive, M hybrid…

Last week, BMW announced the retirement of BMW’s current CEO, Dr. Norbert Reithofer, as soon as May 2015, and his replacement, Harald Krueger, the current BMW board member responsible for production. The future CEO, Harald…

Franciscus van Meel (48) will take over as Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW M GmbH from 1 January 2015. He is the successor to Dr. Friedrich Nitschke (59) who will be retiring…

In an interesting move, Car and Driver reports that head of Audi’s quattro GmbH performance division, Franciscus van Meel, will be joining BMW. In January 2014, van Meel was relieved from his duties and replaced…