New member of the Executive Board: Dr. Johannes Bussmann

Dr. Christoph Franz has been elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Technik AG and Dr. Johannes Bussmann has been appointed as Chief Executive Human Resources, Engine & VIP Services. Bussmann will take over this position on September 1 for Uwe Mukrasch, who is leaving the company at his own request.

Dr. Bussmann, who is 43, has been Senior Vice President Engine Services at Lufthansa Technik AG in Hamburg since 2011. After earning a doctorate in engineering, he began his career at Lufthansa Technik in 1999 in product development. There followed four years as Director Sales in Asia and Australia from bases in Hamburg and Singapore before Bussmann became Vice President Marketing and Sales in 2005 and was named Senior Vice President of Aircraft Component Services in 2007.

Also new to the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Techik AG is Simone Menne, Chief Officer Finance and Aviation Services of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. Effective July 1, she took over for Stephan Gemkow, who resigned the post as of June 30, 2012.