Lufthansa is filling key positions in the Lufthansa Group`s business segments with successful top managers from its own ranks…
Lufthansa is filling key positions in the Lufthansa Group`s business segments with successful top managers from its own ranks. Chairman and CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber and the boards of the Group companies are pinning their hopes on experienced, hands-on executives with inside knowledge of the company who have demonstrated their expertise in operational functions within the Lufthansa Group.
The Managing Committee of the Supervisory Board of LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG has decided to propose to the LSG Supervisory Board the appointment of Walter Gehl and Thomas Nagel to the LSG Executive Board.
Walter Gehl (51), hitherto Executive Vice President Services and Human Resources, Lufthansa German Airlines, will become the new Chief Financial Officer of LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG, effective 1 October. Gehl will simultaneously be responsible for the IT infrastructure of the LSG group. A graduate in business administration, he joined Lufthansa in 1981. In the following years he headed various finance and accounting departments before being appointed to the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo AG with responsibility for finance and human resources. In his new function as Chief Financial Officer of LSG, Walter Gehl will succeed Patrick W. Tolbert, who has asked the LSG Supervisory Board to relieve him of his duties. The Supervisory Board and the Executive Board thanked Tolbert for his service on the Executive Board.
With the appointment of Thomas Nagel (54), another experienced Lufthansa manager will move up to the top management level of LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG. Nagel is also due to take up his new appointment on 1 October, initially as a deputy member of the LSG Executive Board. After a transitional period, he will assume responsibility for global operations. Ulrich Broscher will then take retirement, as planned, his appointment to the Executive Board having been extended for a second time. A qualified lawyer, Nagel began his career at Lufthansa in 1977. As a Senior Vice President,Thomas Nagel is currently concerned with hub issues at Munich Airport. The expansion of the airport into a Lufthansa hub as well as the construction and successful inauguration of the new, state-of-the-art terminal were part of the operational remit of Thomas Nagel, who as station manager at Munich is also Executive Vice President of the Terminal 2 Management Company Munich Airport.
Carsten Spohr (37) will succeed Walter Gehl as Executive Vice President Services and Human Resources, Lufthansa German Airlines. Spohr, a graduate in industrial engineering and a qualified pilot, joined Lufthansa in 1991. He has held various positions in the company, including head of Central Personnel Marketing, personal assistant to the Executive Board and head of Regional Partner Management. In 2000 Spohr assumed responsibility for Alliances as Vice President, and in 2003 also for Strategy and Holdings at Lufthansa German Airlines. In this function he had considerable influence on the further development of the Star Alliance and Lufthansa`s regional traffic. Carsten Spohr belongs to the circle of pilots with management responsibilities and is a Senior First Officer on the modern long-range Airbus A340 jet.
The Managing Committee of the Supervisory Board of the Lufthansa Systems group has decided to propose an extension of the appointment of Dr. Peter Franke as the Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Systems until 31 March 2005. Dr. Franke will then take retirement. The Supervisory Board will select his successor by the end of the year.
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