New boss for BMW Hams Hall engine plant

BMW Plant Hams Hall sees in the New Year with a change of leadership.

BMW Group has appointed Dr. Markus Fallboehmer as the new plant director at the company's Hams Hall engine production plant in North Warwickshire.

Markus joins the plant this New Year from the company’s headquarters in Munich. He has a 14-year career in the automotive industry to date, working for BMW Group since 2001 holding positions within the powertrain division, firstly as a long-term planning specialist before moving on to senior management roles in production and more recently as head of planning and production of BMW’s electrified powertrain division.

Married with two children, Markus, 45, was educated at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at University in Aachen, Germany.

He succeeds Nick Spencer who, after three years as managing director at Plant Hams Hall, moves on to pursue other career opportunities.

Markus arrives at Hams Hall during an exciting phase of development. Alongside the continued production of current engines, including three-cylinder power units for the BMW i8 hybrid plug-in sports car,  volume production of next generation engines is to be launched later in the year.