Dietmar Focke, Chief Operations Officer at Lufthansa Cargo, will leave the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo AG on October 31, 2024, and become Managing Director at Lufthansa Industry Solutions, the service company for IT consulting and system integration within the Lufthansa Group.
The 51-year-old engineering graduate has headed the Operations division since March 1, 2022. In his role, Dietmar Focke was responsible for Global Handling Management, Flight Operations, Security and most of Lufthansa Cargo’s equity investments.
“With his extensive experience in aviation and logistics as well as the management of large business units, Dietmar Focke has continued to lead Lufthansa Cargo into the future as part of the Executive Board team and has made a significant contribution to the further development and modernization of Lufthansa Cargo,” said Dr. Michael Niggemann, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Cargo AG and Chief Human Resources Officer of the Lufthansa Group. “We would like to thank him for the good cooperation, and we are pleased that he continues his career within the Lufthansa Group as Managing Director of Lufthansa Industry Solutions. We wish him every success for his new role.”
Dietmar Focke’s major milestones in recent years have included the continuation of the comprehensive LCC Evolution infrastructure program, which includes the further development and renewal of the logistics center at the home hub in Frankfurt. He was also responsible for the successful expansion of the A321 freighter fleet to four A321 freighters. In the last 12 months, he has been instrumental in the successful development of an e-commerce product for Lufthansa Cargo. Finally, he will set the course for improved quality at Lufthansa Cargo during his remaining term of office.
The engineering graduate began his career in 2001 as a product engineer at Lufthansa Technik. After holding positions in Strategy & Business Development and Airframe Related Components in Hamburg, he moved to Ameco in China for five years from 2010 to 2014. His responsibilities there included aircraft overhaul. Dietmar Focke was then CEO of Lufthansa Technik Base Maintenance in Budapest, Hungary, until 2019. Before joining Lufthansa Cargo, Dietmar Focke had been responsible for Commercial Engine Services at Lufthansa Technik since the beginning of 2019.
A decision on a successor will be announced shortly.
