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Lufthansa Group appoints Jörg Eberhart to Chief Strategy Officer

Joerg Eberhart

On October 1, 2021, Jörg Eberhart, currently of Air Dolomiti, will assume the position of “Head of Strategy & Organizational Development” at Group. He will succeed William Wilms, who was appointed to the Executive Board of on September 1, 2021.

Eberhart has served as of Air Dolomiti since 2014. During this time, he was also a member of the Executive Board of Lufthansa CityLine. Prior to this, he held several management positions at Lufthansa Group that included being part of the establishment of and the implementation of the SCORE project.

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