Young and dashing Frenchman Marc Girard is to step into the role of head of the Interior Design department at BMW Automobiles starting April 1, 2009. Girard has worked as a designer for the BMW Group for 15 years now and his most recent position was as team leader at Interior Design BMW Automobiles.

From 2004 to 2006 he was head of Interior Design for the MINI brand and responsible for the interior styling of the MINI Clubman.