Dorothea von Boxberg to succeed Peter Gerber as CEO of Lufthansa Cargo

November 19, 2020: Lufthansa Cargo announced Dorothea von Boxberg as its new chief executive officer and chairwoman of the executive board effective on March 1, 2021. The 46-year-old thus succeeds Peter Gerber.

“Gerber (56) will succeed Dieter Vranckx as CEO of Brussels Airlines and assumes the newly created position of executive vice president of the Lufthansa Group in Brussels. Subject to the pending decision of the board of directors of SN Airholding, Gerber will take up his position in Belgium on March 1, 2021,” said the release.

Together with Nina Öwerdieck, CFO of Brussels Airlines, and Edi Wolfensberger, COO of the Belgian airline, Peter Gerber will continue to implement the company's "Reboot Plus" turnaround plan and build a strong, lean and competitive Brussels Airlines. In addition to managing the Belgian airline, he will also assume the newly created position of Lufthansa Group Chief Representative for European Affairs in Brussels, thus representing the interests of the entire Lufthansa Group at European level.

The supervisory boards still have to approve these proposals. Gerber's appointment to the Lufthansa subsidiary Brussels Airlines is part of the Group-wide rotation policy for management positions.

Harry Hohmeister, chairman of the supervisory board of Lufthansa Cargo AG, said, "I would like to thank Peter Gerber for his outstanding achievements as CEO for Lufthansa Cargo AG. As a passionate airline manager, he has very successfully managed the highly demanding and volatile logistics business and, together with a motivated and committed team, has played a major role in shaping the Group's cargo division in recent years. With Dorothea von Boxberg, an experienced manager from within the company is taking over the helm of Lufthansa Cargo AG. She is not only a sales professional, but she also has a great deal of expertise, for example in product development. With her creativity and commitment, she will continue to develop Lufthansa Cargo AG successfully in these extraordinary times.”

Peter Gerber began his career with the Lufthansa Group in 1992, during which time he held various management positions in the Lufthansa Group. In June 2009, Gerber was appointed to the executive board of Lufthansa Cargo AG with responsibility for finance and human resources. In June 2012 Gerber joined the executive board of Lufthansa Passage Airlines and was responsible for human resources, IT & services. Peter Gerber has been chairman of the executive board of Lufthansa Cargo AG since May 2014.

Dorothea von Boxberg studied industrial engineering and management at TU Berlin and ESCP/EAP Paris. From 1999 to 2005, she worked for The Boston Consulting Group in Stuttgart, most recently as project manager. In 2005 Dorothea von Boxberg moved to Star Alliance and was responsible for Alliance Development. In 2007, she joined Deutsche Lufthansa AG and from 2009 was head of the strategy and investments department at Lufthansa Passage. She then took on several management positions in product management at Lufthansa Passage. In 2015, Dorothea von Boxberg moved to Lufthansa Cargo, where she initially headed global sales management before being appointed chief commercial officer of Lufthansa Cargo in 2018, advancing to the executive board.

A successor for Dorothea von Boxberg as the chief commercial officer will be announced at a later date.