Background
He was born in Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen).
Businessman head chief executive
He was born in Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen).
He studied Linguistics and Classics at the Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) and the University of Munster (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität).
In 2004 he completed the Accredited Mortgage Professional at Harvard Business School. He joined Lufthansa in 1998. He was the head of the company for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Miami.
He became Vice-President of Lufthansa for North and South America, based in New York in September 2000.
Germanwings
He became Chief Executive (Geschäftsführer) of Germanwings in September 2006, when it was owned by Eurowings, which was then headquartered in Dortmund. Germanwings was effectively bought by Lufthansa at the end of 2009.
He is also on the Board of Directors of JetBlue, an American low-cost airline.
