Jozef Kabaň, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jozef Kabaň

Slovak automobile designer

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1973

Place of Birth: Námestovo, Slovak Socialist Republic, Slovakia

Profession: engineer

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jozef Kaban (born 4 January 1973 in Vavrecka, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a Slovak automobile designer.
He started his career as a designer at Volkswagen.
In 2003 he moved to Audi as an exterior design assistant.
In 2007 he advanced to the position of Chief of Exterior Design at Audi.
He was exterior designer of the Volkswagen Lupo, SEAT Arosa, Bugatti Veyron and Škoda Octavia.
He has been Chief of Exterior Design at Škoda Auto since 2008.
In early 2017 he left Škoda for BMW to become its head of design replacing Karim Habib.
In 2019 he changed position within BMW Group and headed design at its subsidiary Rolls-Royce.
After half a year he decided to leave Rolls-Royce and BMW Group returning to VW in January 2020, this time for its main VW brand.