Awards & Recognition
★TU Delft Alumnus of the Year 2014
★Dutch Creative Industry Federation Global Innovation Award 2014 (first recipient)
★Honorary member of Association of Dutch Designers
Notable Facts
→Senior Vice President BMW Group Design since 2009, overseeing 700+ designers
→Responsible for design of BMW, MINI, and Rolls-Royce brands
→Succeeded Chris Bangle as head of BMW Group Design
→Has been with BMW for over 30 years (joined 1992)
→Led design of major BMW concept cars including Vision EfficientDynamics and Neue Klasse
→Dutch national based in Munich, Germany
→Available for keynote speaking engagements through major speaker bureaus
→Active Instagram presence with 36K followers
→Featured speaker at design conferences including UNFOLDED Festival 2023