One Young World Summit Munich, 2025

BMW Group

• 09:55 - 10:25, 4 November
• Presentation Stage

Speakers

• Dr. Gabriela de la Torre

  General Director Programa Adopte un Talento (PAUTA)

  Dr. Gabriela de la Torre

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  General Director Programa Adopte un Talento (PAUTA)
  Programa Adopte un Talento (PAUTA)
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  Ilka Horstmeier

  Member of the Board of Management of BMW Group, People and Real Estate, Labour Relations Director.

  Ilka Horstmeier

  Counsellor

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  Member of the Board of Management of BMW Group, People and Real Estate, Labour Relations Director.
  BMW

  Ilka Horstmeier is a Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Human Resources, and Labour Relations Director. Following a degree in Business Administration, she started in 1995 at the BMW Group as a trainee and section manager in Human Resources and Organisational Development. Shortly thereafter, she moved to production, where she held various management functions, before becoming Senior Vice President for Production and Planning Engines and E-Powertrain in 2013. In 2018, she became head of the BMW Group Plant in Dingolfing, and since November 2019 she has been the Board Member for Human Resources. Since the beginning of her career, Horstmeier has managed numerous transformation projects and has been focused on the ability to provide operational excellence as well as sustainability. As a "people person", she enjoys the responsibility for the BMW Group’s more than 150,000 associates and their work environment. She actively shapes the transformation and stands for social responsibility due to her firm conviction that "the employees guarantee the success of the BMW Group"

• H.E. Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos

  Under-Secretary-General, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, United Nations Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia

  H.E. Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos

  Counsellor

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  Under-Secretary-General, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, United Nations Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia
  United Nations Alliance of Civilizations

  H.E. Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General holding the post of High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) since January 2019- present.

  In addition to his current portfolio as High Representative for UNAOC, he was appointed in May 2025 as the new United Nations Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, and in February 2020, as the UN Focal Point to monitor antisemitism and enhance a system-wide-response.

  Mr. Moratinos has committed his professional and political career to international relationships and development cooperation, notably as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain from 2004 to 2010. During his tenure as Foreign Minister, Spain presided over the UN Security Council in 2004, held the chairmanships-in-office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe and the Council of the European Union. Mr. Moratinos succeeded in fostering the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

  With the Mediterranean in mind, H.E Miguel Ángel Moratinos was appointed Deputy Director General for Northern Africa (1987-1991) and then Director of the Institute of Cooperation with the Arab World (1991-1993). After his tenure at the Institute, he was appointed Director General of Foreign Policy for Africa and the Middle East, holding the position from 1993 to 1996. The highlight of his tenure was the organization of the historic Middle East Peace Conference in Madrid in 1992.

  As Spain’s Ambassador in Israel from July to December 1996, Mr. Moratinos succeeded in fostering a strong network with both the Israelis and Palestinians. Building on that success, the European Union appointed him as the EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process from December 1996 to June 2003.