Steering committee

The IVM's head is a Steering Committee that consists of the President and two Vice Presidents elected from the ordinary members, as well as one Vice President elected from the supporting members. The highest organ is the General Meeting. The association's daily work is carried out by the staff of the headquarters' premises in Essen, led by the general manager.

In order to consider specific interests and interrelated subjects there are expert committees and research groups that are supervised by the office in Essen. Furthermore the IVM represents its members on an international basis in research groups of the European Association ACEM and in committees of the European Union.

Michael Sommer (President)

Michael “Mike” Sommer began his professional career after graduating from high school in 1990 as a commercial trainee at the BMW branch in Munich. He then qualified as a business administrator and studied business administration with a specialization in marketing through distance learning. Until 2001, he held various positions at the BMW branch in Munich and then at BMW Motorrad. There, he took on his first management role as Head of Dealer Development in 2001. From 2004 to 2008, he was Head of Marketing for the Asia region for BMW and MINI. In 2008, he took over as Head of the BMW Motorrad Center in Munich. From 2012, he was managing director of Automag GmbH, a BMW and MINI dealer in Munich. In 2018, he returned to BMW Group headquarters and took over as head of the Retail Business Development department at BMW Group. In 2019, he took over as head of the BMW Brand Communication department. He has been head of BMW Motorrad Germany since 2021.

Marcel Driessen (1st Vice President)

After studying finance and marketing in the Netherlands and the USA, Marcel Driessen initially started out outside the motorcycle industry, but his passion for motorcycles quickly led him into the two-wheeler industry.

The 54-year-old has now been working in the industry for 25 years in various management positions in sales and marketing for leading brands in Germany and abroad.

Since 2018, the German-Dutch national has headed the German branch of Yamaha Motor Europe N.V. in Neuss. This distributes motorcycles, scooters, eBikes, outboard motors, boats, quads, side-by-sides, golf cars and other motorized products via a network of around 300 specialist dealers.

Marcel Driessen is an enthusiastic off-road rider and drives a WR 450 F Dakar replica over the tracks of Europe.

Jan Breckwoldt (2nd Vice President)

Jan Breckwoldt has been working in the motorcycle/powersports industry for over 25 years. He has held various management positions in the German branches of manufacturers Polaris Industries, Suzuki Motor Company, and Peugeot Motocycles.

Since the end of 2022, Mr. Breckwoldt has been responsible for the European market entry of industry giant TVS Motor from India. Germany is one of the most important sales markets in the EU, where TVS Motor launched in 2025.

In his private life, Mr. Breckwoldt enjoys riding two-wheelers in urban environments, sometimes electric ones, and for longer tours he prefers a model from the travel enduro range.

André Walek (3rd Vice President)

André Walek has been working in the motorcycle industry since 1994 and took over the management of Nolan Germany in 2003. Since 2019, Nolan Germany has been part of 2 Ride Holding, which also includes the brands "Shark", "Bering", "Segura", "Cairn", "Troy Lee Designs" and "Casco". André Walek has since been Country Manager and authorized representative of 2 Ride Germany GmbH.