BMW SA MD Tim Abbott will leave his job at the end of December but, in what is thought to be a first, hopes to remain head of the SA motor industry’s governing body as an “independent”.

Abbott, who has run BMW SA since 2014, will be succeeded by SA-born Peter van Binsbergen, head of the German parent company’s global aftersales activities. He has previously worked for the group in China and Japan...

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