Wilhelm Schmid

Wilhelm Schmid is the Managing Director and CEO of A. Lange & Söhne since January 2011. Prior to this role, Wilhelm Schmid served at BMW from 2002 to 2010 as Director of Sales & Marketing for BMW South Africa and as Director of Sales for Trade Organisations in Germany. Wilhelm Schmid's earlier experience includes a tenure at The Burmah Oil GmbH (later BP/Burmah Oil) from 1989 to 2002, where positions included Global Account Manager for BMW, Director of Marketing Northern Europe, Head of Sales for Castrol, Head of Marketing & Controlling, and Head of Marketing for Veedol. Wilhelm Schmid holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, completed between 1986 and 1989, and received training at Ford-Schmid Car Dealership in Jülich from 1978 to 1982.