Lufthansa Cargo has announced key leadership changes effective 1 July 2025.
Frank Bauer, currently serving as chief financial officer and labour director, will become the company’s new chief operating officer. Succeeding him will be Gregor Schleussner who joins from Eurowings.
Bauer began his career at Lufthansa Cargo in 2007. Three years later he moved to the cargo airline Jade Cargo in China. He returned to Deutsche Lufthansa AG in 2012 and took on numerous management positions in the years that followed including the head of internal audit at the Lufthansa Group.
Bauer was then a member of the executive board of Eurowings with responsibility for finance and HR. He then headed the group’s controlling and risk management unit.
Schleussner joined Lufthansa after his international finance studies in 2006 as part of the ProTeam management programme. After holding various positions, including in product management and sales, he became manager investor relations and contact person for investors and equity analysts of Lufthansa Group in 2009.
In 2015, Schleussner then moved to corporate controlling at Deutsche Lufthansa AG where he was responsible for the management of passenger airlines and aviation services companies such as Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa Technik, LSG and AirPlus. From 2017, he headed the Lufthansa Group CEO Office.
Dr. Michael Niggemann, chairman of the supervisory board of Lufthansa Cargo AG, said: “We are very pleased to welcome Gregor Schleussner as the new chief financial officer and labour director at Lufthansa Cargo. As an experienced aviation executive, he has already proven his financial expertise, problem-solving skills and unifying manner in various management positions within the Lufthansa Group.
“We are also very pleased to appoint Frank Bauer as the new chief operating officer of Lufthansa Cargo. His technical background combined with his extensive experience in the air cargo sector will be instrumental in ensuring the continued success of the company.
“Under the leadership of chief executive Ashwin Bhat, the now re-completed executive board will seize future market opportunities and further develop Lufthansa Cargo’s strong global position together with the company’s employees. I personally wish the executive board in its new composition every success.”
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