Stephan Sturm will resign from the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG (XETRA: LHA.DE), which will go into effect after the Annual General Meeting on May 4, 2021. The Chairman of the Executive Board of Fresenius has been a member of the Lufthansa Supervisory Board since April 2015 and has chaired the Audit Committee since January 2018.
The Supervisory Board Nomination Committee has proposed that Britta Seeger fill the vacancy. The 51-year-old business economist has been a member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG (XETRA: DAI.DE) since 2017 and is responsible for Mercedes-Benz Cars Sales. The Bonn-born manager will be nominated for election at the Annual General Meeting on May 4.
The responsibility as Chairman of the Audit Committee, which is currently held by Stephan Sturm, will be transferred to Harald Krüger at the Annual General Meeting, according to the will of the Supervisory Board.
At a meeting today, the Supervisory Board also decided to extend Detlef Kayser’s (55) contract ahead of schedule for three more years until December 31, 2024.
Dr. Detlef Kayser has been a member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG since January 1, 2019. As “Chief Operations Officer” he is responsible for the operational processes and fleet and infrastructure management of the Lufthansa Group along with the Group-wide “ReNew” restructuring program.