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Rolls-Royce appoints new design boss

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Former BMW designer Anders Warming becomes Rolls-Royce Motor Carss’ director of design from July.

Warming (48) joins Rolls-Royce from Warming Design, the company he founded in 2019.

His experience includes almost 20 years in senior positions in the BMW Group, including head of design at Mini and exterior chief designer at BMW.

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Outside of BMW, Warming held senior design positions at Borgward and Volkswagen.

Warming comes from Copenhagen, Denmark and graduated in Major Transport Design at the ArtCenter College of Design, Vevey, Switzerland and Pasadena, USA.

Rolls-Royce chief executive, Torsten Muller-Otvos, says that as director of design, Warming will play a key role in “defining our future aesthetic direction and realising our clients’ dreams and aspirations”.

“Anders joins us as we move forward to full electrification of our brand, which will shape Rolls-Royce for decades to come.

“To become the director of design for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is the most prestigious and challenging brief in the luxury industry.

“It offers unique opportunities for innovative creativity, imagination and exploration of new genres.”

Warming says it’s “a tremendous privilege and a humbling experience to be asked to take up this role.

“I am personally thrilled to be joining Rolls-Royce and am fully committed to the challenges presented by this great and historic brand as it moves into the future.”

Mike Stock

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