The Supervisory Board of Lufthansa AG has decided that the Executive Board will be reshuffled. This also has an impact on the Swiss subsidiary, as it has to fill two of three positions. This also affects CEO Dieter Vranckx, who will move to the parent company.

Lufthansa board members Harry Hohmeister, Detlef Kayser and Christina Foerster will leave with effect from June 30, 2024. Remco Steenbergen will leave the group's management board on May 7, 2024. Michael Niggemann will take over the role of CFO on an interim basis. The board is to be permanently reduced from six to five members.

According to schedule, the terms of office of Harry Hohmeister and Detlef Kayser end in the current year. At the same time, Christina Foerster and Remco Steenbergen are leaving by mutual consent, the Kranich Group announced. “The Board of Directors has done an excellent job of leading the Lufthansa Group through the extremely difficult phase of the pandemic. He successfully mastered the challenging resurgence. Today the company is back on an economically solid foundation. All board members deserve the highest recognition and thanks for this. In particular, the Supervisory Board would like to thank the board members who are now leaving for their commitment, their performance and their great loyalty,” said Supervisory Board Chairman Karl-Ludwig Kley.

Grazia Vittadini will be appointed to the board effective July 1, 2024. As Chief Technology Officer, she will take over the “Technology and IT” department, which will also include responsibility for the “Sustainability” area. She receives a contract with a term of three years. On the same day, Swiss boss Dieter Vranckx became the board member for “Global Markets and Commercial Control Hubs”. He also receives a three-year contract. The “Customer Experience” and “Group Brand Management” areas, which were previously part of the “Brand & Sustainability” department, will also be assigned to the department. With his move to Frankfurt, he will take over the mandate of Vice Chairman on the Board of Directors of Swiss International Air Lines from Remco Steenbergen, who is resigning from the mandate when he leaves. Swiss is already looking for a successor.

The “Group Finance” board department is to be filled. Until the new appointment is made, Michael Niggemann will temporarily lead the finance department in addition to his board responsibility for “Human Resources, Logistics and Non-Hub Transport” (formerly “Human Resources & Infrastructure”).