Change at the top of the Lufthansa Supervisory Board

25-Sep-2017 Wolfgang Mayrhuber resigns from office - Dr. Karl-Ludwig Kley elected as new Chairman Prior to today's regular Supervisory Board meeting of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, informed the members of the Supervisory Board that he would resign from office on September 24, 2017. Consequently, the Supervisory Board has elected Karl-Ludwig Kley as the new Chairman today. Kley is 66 years old, holds a Doctorate in law and has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG since 2013. From 1998 to 2006, he was CFO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG before becoming a member of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA from 2006 to 2016, serving as its Chairman since 2007.