Danijel Dzihic was born in Bosnia in 1979 and grew up in Burgenland. He studied at the University of Applied Sciences for International Business Relations in Eisenstadt. Dzihic has many years of experience in the international automotive industry, including almost a decade as General Director of Ford Motor Company (Austria) GmbH. Since 2022, he has been Managing Director of CCI Car Austria GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolfgang Denzel Auto AG, which distributes BYD vehicles in Austria.