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Lufthansa Supervisory Board resolves comprehensive reorganisation of the Executive Board
Having successfully mastered the corona crisis, the
subsequent recovery of the air transport sector and its business turnaround,
the Lufthansa Group is now embarking on the next phase in its corporate
development by reshaping and realigning its Executive Board. The restructuring
will coincide with the departure of four of the Board’s present members.
The terms of office of Harry Hohmeister and Detlef
Kayser will end as scheduled in the current year. Simultaneously with this,
Christina Foerster and Remco Steenbergen will step down from the Executive
Board by mutual agreement.
“Our Executive Board has done outstanding work in
guiding the Lufthansa Group through the extremely challenging phase of the
pandemic,” says Karl-Ludwig Kley, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche
Lufthansa AG. “It has successfully mastered the demanding subsequent ramp-up of
our operations; and the Lufthansa Group stands once again today on a sound
business foundation. For this our Executive Board and each of its members
deserve our highest recognition and our thanks. And the Supervisory Board would
like to express its particular gratitude to those Executive Board members who
will now be leaving us, for all their work, their commitment and their strong
loyalty to the Lufthansa Group.”
The Lufthansa Supervisory Board passed the
following resolutions at its meeting on February 22, 2024:
Grazia Vittadini is appointed to the Executive
Board with effect from July 1, 2024. She will serve as Chief Technology
Officer, with responsibility for “Technik and IT” and with additional
responsibility for Sustainability. Her mandate is for a three-year term.
Dieter Vranckx, presently CEO of Swiss
International Air Lines, is also appointed to the Executive Board with effect
from July 1, 2024, responsible for “Global Markets and Commercial Steering
Hubs”. His mandate is also for a three-year period. Customer Experience and
Group Brand Management, which are presently part of the Brand &
Sustainability division, will be shifted to “Global Markets and Commercial
Steering Hubs”.
The Group Finances division will be headed by a new
Chief Financial Officer. Until the appointment, Michael Niggemann will serve as
interim CFO in addition to his existing duties as Board member for the division
“Personnel, Logistics & Non-Hub Business” (formerly known as Human
Resources & Infrastructure).
Upon moving to Frankfurt, Dieter Vranckx will also
assume the Deputy Chairmanship of the Board of Directors of Swiss International
Air Lines from Remco Steenbergen, who will relinquish these duties on stepping
down from the Executive Board.
“The challenges now facing our industry and our
Group may be different from those of past years, but they are no less
substantial,” says Lufthansa Supervisory Board Chairman Karl-Ludwig Kley. “We
aim to meet and master them with renewed energy and with a new Executive Board
team that blends even more international experience and an even broader range
of outlooks and perspectives. Now more than ever, our interactions with our
customers, our investors and our partners, and also our collaborations within the
Lufthansa Group, demand the strongest teamwork approach. And this, too, we both
expect and anticipate from our new Executive Board.”
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