BMW of North America Announces Executive Appointments.
- Phil DiIanni
- Mariella Kapsaskis
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – May 20, 2022… BMW of North America announced today two changes to its executive management team with the appointments of Raymond Wittmann as Executive Vice President & CFO and Marcus Casey as Vice President, Marketing. Both take effect on September 1, 2022.
Raymond Wittmann: Executive Vice President and CFO
Raymond Wittmann joins the BMW of North America executive board to lead financial operations for the company. Specific responsibilities include overseeing finance & controlling, risk management, treasury, taxes, payroll, procurement, corporate strategy, and facility management. Wittmann replaces Stefan Kramer who is returning to Germany to take on a new role as Head of Finance, Global Financial Services at BMW Group headquarters in Munich.
After obtaining his doctoral thesis in aerospace engineering, Wittmann began working at McKinsey & Company in 2006 first as consultant and later as partner, specializing in the automotive, manufacturing industries and aerospace. In 2015, he joined the BMW Group family as Vice President Plant Installation in Mexico for BMW Group Plant San Luis Potosí, responsible for the project management of preparing the company’s newest manufacturing site. From there, Wittmann transitioned back to Munich in 2018, and then led the corporate strategic planning department for the BMW Group where he also worked on the U.S. market strategy and sat on an advisory board for the U.S. senior management. Most recently, Wittmann served as Vice President of Assembly at BMW Group Plant Munich focused on topics such as productivity, quality, safety, and cost compliance.
Marcus Casey: Vice President, Marketing
Marcus Casey will oversee all marketing communication for the BMW brand within the U.S. market including advertising, retail marketing, consumer experience and brand partnerships, CRM, and digital media. His most recent post was at the BMW Group headquarters in Munich, where he served as Vice President, Digital and eCommerce since 2019 where he was responsible for managing the company’s digital platforms globally.
With a career spanning over 23 years, Casey holds international digital commerce and marketing experience in both the travel and automotive industries. He started off at Lufthansa AG as a Management Associate in1998 and moved on to a host of increasingly senior management positions within the marketing arena both in the U.S. and Germany, from customer loyalty to digital sales, mobile and online content management, and analytics. In 2017, Casey came to the BMW Group in Munich becoming Vice President of Business Management for the company’s digital services and products including connected car.
Casey succeeds Uwe Dreher, who was appointed Vice President of Marketing for the BMW Group Region Europe.
Both Wittmann and Casey will report directly to Sebastian Mackensen, President and CEO of BMW of North America.
“We have been fortunate to have a track record of dynamic, talented leadership here in the U.S. and we’re excited to welcome Raymond and Marcus to the team,” said Sebastian Mackensen, President & CEO of BMW of North America. “Ours is a critical market for the BMW Group globally and with their rich international experience as well as their strong knowledge of the U.S. business, Raymond and Marcus will play an integral role in strengthening our momentum both locally and within the company’s worldwide footprint. We’d also like to thank Stefan and Uwe for their great contributions over the years and look forward to their continued success in their new positions at headquarters.”
BMW Group in the United States.
BMW of North America, LLC was established 50 years ago to support the sales, marketing and distribution of BMW automobiles in the U.S. BMW Motorrad was brought into the fold in 1980. In 1993 BMW Group Financial Services NA, LLC was founded, and one year later BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC began assembling vehicles in South Carolina. In 2002 and 2003, BMW Group established MINI USA, and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC relaunching two iconic brands and rounding out its product portfolio.
Today, the BMW Group has a nationwide corporate footprint in the U.S. which consists of nearly 30 locations in 12 different states. Beyond the National Sales Company and Financial Services headquarters in Woodcliff Lake, NJ, its manufacturing plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and numerous other operational facilities, BMW Group in the U.S. also includes Designworks, a strategic design consultancy in Santa Monica, CA, BMW Group Technology Office USA, a technology research and development center in Silicon Valley, and BMW i Ventures, a venture capital fund, also in Silicon Valley.
BMW Group Plant Spartanburg is the largest single BMW production facility in the world, and the global center of competence for BMW Sports Activity Vehicles including the X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, and XM. The plant assembles more than 1,500 vehicles each day, and up to 450,000 annually. Since 1994, Plant Spartanburg has assembled nearly 7 million BMW vehicles in the U.S.
The BMW Group sales organization in the U.S. is represented through a network of 350 BMW retailers, 144 BMW motorcycle retailers, 105 MINI passenger car dealers, and 38 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. The company’s activities provide and support over 120,000 jobs across the U.S. and contribute more than 43.3 billion to the U.S. economy annually.
Journalist note: Information about BMW Group and its products in the USA is available to journalists on-line at www.bmwusanews.com www.miniusanews.com and www.press.bmwna.com
Raymond Wittmann: Executive Vice President and CFO
Raymond Wittmann joins the BMW of North America executive board to lead financial operations for the company. Specific responsibilities include overseeing finance & controlling, risk management, treasury, taxes, payroll, procurement, corporate strategy, and facility management. Wittmann replaces Stefan Kramer who is returning to Germany to take on a new role as Head of Finance, Global Financial Services at BMW Group headquarters in Munich.
After obtaining his doctoral thesis in aerospace engineering, Wittmann began working at McKinsey & Company in 2006 first as consultant and later as partner, specializing in the automotive, manufacturing industries and aerospace. In 2015, he joined the BMW Group family as Vice President Plant Installation in Mexico for BMW Group Plant San Luis Potosí, responsible for the project management of preparing the company’s newest manufacturing site. From there, Wittmann transitioned back to Munich in 2018, and then led the corporate strategic planning department for the BMW Group where he also worked on the U.S. market strategy and sat on an advisory board for the U.S. senior management. Most recently, Wittmann served as Vice President of Assembly at BMW Group Plant Munich focused on topics such as productivity, quality, safety, and cost compliance.
Marcus Casey: Vice President, Marketing
Marcus Casey will oversee all marketing communication for the BMW brand within the U.S. market including advertising, retail marketing, consumer experience and brand partnerships, CRM, and digital media. His most recent post was at the BMW Group headquarters in Munich, where he served as Vice President, Digital and eCommerce since 2019 where he was responsible for managing the company’s digital platforms globally.
With a career spanning over 23 years, Casey holds international digital commerce and marketing experience in both the travel and automotive industries. He started off at Lufthansa AG as a Management Associate in1998 and moved on to a host of increasingly senior management positions within the marketing arena both in the U.S. and Germany, from customer loyalty to digital sales, mobile and online content management, and analytics. In 2017, Casey came to the BMW Group in Munich becoming Vice President of Business Management for the company’s digital services and products including connected car.
Casey succeeds Uwe Dreher, who was appointed Vice President of Marketing for the BMW Group Region Europe.
Both Wittmann and Casey will report directly to Sebastian Mackensen, President and CEO of BMW of North America.
“We have been fortunate to have a track record of dynamic, talented leadership here in the U.S. and we’re excited to welcome Raymond and Marcus to the team,” said Sebastian Mackensen, President & CEO of BMW of North America. “Ours is a critical market for the BMW Group globally and with their rich international experience as well as their strong knowledge of the U.S. business, Raymond and Marcus will play an integral role in strengthening our momentum both locally and within the company’s worldwide footprint. We’d also like to thank Stefan and Uwe for their great contributions over the years and look forward to their continued success in their new positions at headquarters.”
BMW Group in the United States.
BMW of North America, LLC was established 50 years ago to support the sales, marketing and distribution of BMW automobiles in the U.S. BMW Motorrad was brought into the fold in 1980. In 1993 BMW Group Financial Services NA, LLC was founded, and one year later BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC began assembling vehicles in South Carolina. In 2002 and 2003, BMW Group established MINI USA, and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC relaunching two iconic brands and rounding out its product portfolio.
Today, the BMW Group has a nationwide corporate footprint in the U.S. which consists of nearly 30 locations in 12 different states. Beyond the National Sales Company and Financial Services headquarters in Woodcliff Lake, NJ, its manufacturing plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and numerous other operational facilities, BMW Group in the U.S. also includes Designworks, a strategic design consultancy in Santa Monica, CA, BMW Group Technology Office USA, a technology research and development center in Silicon Valley, and BMW i Ventures, a venture capital fund, also in Silicon Valley.
BMW Group Plant Spartanburg is the largest single BMW production facility in the world, and the global center of competence for BMW Sports Activity Vehicles including the X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, and XM. The plant assembles more than 1,500 vehicles each day, and up to 450,000 annually. Since 1994, Plant Spartanburg has assembled nearly 7 million BMW vehicles in the U.S.
The BMW Group sales organization in the U.S. is represented through a network of 350 BMW retailers, 144 BMW motorcycle retailers, 105 MINI passenger car dealers, and 38 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. The company’s activities provide and support over 120,000 jobs across the U.S. and contribute more than 43.3 billion to the U.S. economy annually.
Journalist note: Information about BMW Group and its products in the USA is available to journalists on-line at www.bmwusanews.com www.miniusanews.com and www.press.bmwna.com