New Delhi, June 9 -- Hardeep Singh Brar, senior vice president and head of marketing and sales at Kia India Pvt. Ltd, has resigned and is likely to join as the next India president of German luxury carmaker BMW, according to two people directly aware of the matter.

Brar's decision was announced to the head of departments at the South Korean company last week, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

"BMW's current India president Vikram Pawah will move onto a global role. Brar will be taking on the role soon," the first person cited above said.

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