Rolls-Royce has announced that Anders Warming will be taking on the role of the brand’s Director of Design as of the first of July, 2021. At 48 years-old, Warming joins the British marque, leaving the company he founded in 2019, Warming Design. His resume consists of almost 20 years in senior positions with the BMW Group including Head of Design at Mini and Exterior Chief Designer at BMW.
Warming has contributed to design such as the second generation BMW X3 as well as the current BMW 5 Series and Z4. Outside of BMW, he has held various senior design positions in companies including Borgward and Volkswagen.
Torsten Müller-Ötvös, Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars said, “It is with great pleasure that I welcome a person with the depth of experience and creativity of Anders Warming to the Rolls-Royce family. As our Director of Design, he will have 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. He will face the challenge of upholding the fundamental design principles of Sir Henry Royce himself, which have guided us for over 100 years.”
He continued, “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. I have no doubt that Anders, with his extraordinary wealth of experience and talent, will excel in his new role and we are all looking forward to working with him at Rolls-Royce.”
Anders Warming said, “It is 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.”
