Helmut Panke

Overview

Helmut Panke was Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Munich, between 2002 and September 2006. He has been with the company since 1982, when he joined as head of Planning and Controlling in the Research and Development Division. He subsequently assumed management functions in corporate planning, organization and corporate strategy. Before his appointment as Chairman, he was a member of BMW's Board of Management from 1996 on. Between 1993 and 1996, he was Chairman and CEO of BMW Holding Corporation in the US. Today, he holds several board memberships. Mr. Panke graduated from the University of Munich with a doctoral degree in physics (Ph.D.) and was assigned to the University of Munich and the Swiss Institute for Nuclear Research before joining McKinsey in Dusseldorf and Munich as a consultant. He was born on 31 August 1946. Helmut Panke is a member of the Board of Directors of Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (USA). Helmut Panke is a member of the Board of Directors of ACEA, the Association des Constructeurs Europeens d'Automobiles, Belgium, of VDA, the association of the German automobile industry, and of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany.