By Yi Whan-woo Hyundai Motor Group’s recent win at the World Rally Championship (WRC) illustrates Chairman Chung Euisun’s commitment to take Korea’s No. 1 carmaker to a higher level since taking office in October 2020.
The two possibly most notable figures are Albert Biermann, the president and head of the R&D Division at Hyundai Motor and Kia, two major affiliates of Hyundai Motor Group, and Thomas Schemera, Hyundai Motor’s global chief marketing officer and head of the Customer Experience Division.
Formerly vice president of BMW’s high-performance M engineering, Biermann was pivotal in the production of Hyundai’s Genesis luxury brand, its high-performance vehicles such as the i30 N and Veloster, as well the Korean carmaker’s advance to next-generation technologies such as electric cars and hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles.