Lebanese-Canadian Named BMW’s New Designer
The Lebanon-born Canadian designer Karim Habib has been named by BMW to lead the design of its brand cars starting June 1.
Habib, 42, has joined the BMW team in 1998, followed by a brief stint with Mercedes-Benz but returned to BMW and has been in charge of Exterior Design for the car-maker since March 2011.
Habib is credited as the designer of the current 7 Series and the elegant CS Concept.
The Lebanese had various posts in interior and exterior design before becoming Team Leader Advanced Design for the BMW Group and later heading the BMW Exterior Design department. Now he is in charge of the whole BMW design, interior and exterior.
Habib has a busy few years ahead of him as BMW matches Mercedes and Audi and with the impending debut of the i Series electric cars.
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