Kia may end the partnership between Albert Biermann and Peter Schreyer!

Friends who are familiar with Kia or Hyundai should know the two heavyweights, Albert Biermann and Peter Schreyer. It can be said that without them there would be no Korean giants, but recently there has been news that Kia is undergoing a reorganization. These two heroes The partnership with Kia will be terminated!

Peter Schreyer joined Kia in 2006. He is considered to be an important project for Kia to rise in the global market. Before joining Kia, he once worked at Audi. Because of his rich experience, he helped Kia establish a new foundation after joining this Korean company. For example, the famous tiger-style air intake grille, and Kia’s car models also turned into a representative of fashion trends after his joining, and later he was promoted to the president of Hyundai Group’s design department because of his outstanding achievements. .

As for Albert Biermann, he joined Hyundai Group in 2015. Before that, he worked in BMW's M department, so he has a wealth of experience in performance car development. He also helped Hyundai set up the N department and developed i30N, Veloster N and For performance cars like Elantra N, it can be said that Hyundai-Kia can have rapid development in the past ten years, and these two people are indispensable.

However, there is a recent news from South Korea that these two heroes may "lost their jobs." According to the Korea Times , Hyundai-Kia is currently undergoing global restructuring. This is because the company needs a new direction to face the changes in the automotive industry, so it will adopt new senior executives to replace the current overseas senior executives. In this reorganization, Albert Biermann and Peter Schreyer will be terminated by the group, and the company also hopes to replace these two with new faces.

At present, the official has not announced more details about the two people's resignation. Let's see if they will stay in the Korean company that they have grown.