Lufthansa has chosen Carsten Spohr, 47, currently head of the airline's passenger division, as replacement for the chairman of the management board Christoph Franz (who will lead the Swiss group Roche).
Spohr, who has sat on the Lufthansa board for three years, will take up his new position on May 2015st. “I am very happy to hold this important position – he declared – and I am convinced that the company is on the right track. The foundations for future success are already there. Together we will face the challenges with confidence, ready to implement changes and implement a strategy to make the company resilient and future-ready beyond XNUMX”.
The chairman of the supervisory board of Lufthansa, Wolfgang Mayrhuber, praised “Spohr's long experience in the sector and his excellent managerial skills. We know that Lufthansa's future will be in good hands with Carsten Spohr."
Spohr's appointment brings to an end a long period of speculation about the identity of the new head of Lufthansa after Franz surprisingly announced his resignation last September. Spohr's replacement in the passenger division will be decided by the supervisory board by the end of April.
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