The Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik AG will welcome two new members effective May 1, 2025: Dr Christian Leifeld will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer, while Dr Janna Schumacher becomes the new Chief Human Resources Officer. The company's Supervisory Board appointed both individuals for an initial three-year term, simultaneously expanding the Executive Board from three to four members.
Dr Leifeld, currently Head of Group Controlling at Lufthansa and a member of the Group Executive Committee, will oversee Finance, along with Purchasing, Infrastructure, and the Digital Fleet Services business division. He succeeds Dr William Willms, who departed the company at the end of March at his own request.
Dr Schumacher will lead the newly established Human Resources and Legal department, taking on the formal role of “Labour Director” and additional responsibility for the Original Equipment and Special Aircraft Services division. .
Dr Leifeld joined the Lufthansa Group in May 2023 and has served as the group-wide Head of Controlling and Risk Management, focusing on enhancing performance-driven business management, refining investment and cash flow planning, and digitalising controlling processes. The financial analyst, who holds a doctorate in economics, is also responsible for an efficiency programme aimed at improving the group's administrative functions, processes and costs.
Dr Schumacher rejoined the Lufthansa Group in 2014 following her tenure at the international law firm Allen & Overy. For the past four years, she has led Legal, Compliance, Foreign Trade Law and ESG at Lufthansa Technik. Her current role centres on operationalising the legal department and ensuring compliance with export, customs, and embargo regulations for the entire Lufthansa Group. Most recently, she established and developed the company's ESG division.
