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Patrik O. Tschirch is appointed as Chair of the Executive Board of Frankfurt’s Air Cargo Community
The new term of office for the Air Cargo Community Executive Board will begin with two new members. Susanne Klingler-Werner and Dr. Pierre Dominique Prümm have been elected to the committee for the first time. Patrik O. Tschirch will replace Harald Gloy as Chair.
The members of the Air Cargo Community re-elected four of their six Board members at a virtual General Assembly at the end of November. Susanne Klingler-Werner was elected to the Board for the first time. She manages UPS Supply Chain Solutions in Germany and Austria and is also responsible for Switzerland and Scandinavia. The appointment to office was confirmed for Patrik O. Tschirch, Managing Director of LUG aircargo handling. Michael Hoppe, who is Secretary General at Barig and who represents the position of the airlines on the Board, had his mandate renewed, as did Dr. Tobias Riege, Managing Director of Riege Software. He represents the other service providers.
Both founding members, Fraport and Lufthansa Cargo, each appointed one Board member. Harald Gloy, Board member for Operations at Lufthansa Cargo, will also continue in this role for the next term of office. Dr. Pierre Dominique Prümm will be replacing his Fraport Board colleague Michael Müller due to internal changes of responsibility. The role of the new Executive Board will be to move forward with the strategic process of the further development of Air Cargo Community, which has already begun.
Following the General Assembly, the Board elected Patrik O. Tschirch as Chair. He will take over the leadership from Harald Gloy.
The Board is therefore made up of Patrik O. Tschirch, Dr. Pierre Dominique Prümm, Susanne Klingler-Werner, Harald Gloy, Michael Hoppe and Dr. Tobias Riege.
Patrik O. Tschirch began his professional career as a forwarding agent and has many years of experience in the air cargo sector with various airlines. In 2011, he took on responsibility for the Sales division at the freight handler LUG in Frankfurt and has been leading the company as its Managing Director since 2013. “Patrik O. Tschirch represents this location. He has an extensive network and since the very beginning has been part of the Board of Air Cargo Community. The fact that he has now agreed to take over its management is all the more testimony to his commitment to the air cargo forwarders in Frankfurt”, says Managing Director Joachim von Winning.
Dr. Pierre Dominique Prümm will take on the role of Deputy Chair. He has worked in various management positions for Fraport since 2006 and since last year in his capacity as Executive Board member for Aviation and Infrastructure, he has been in charge of Flight Operations and Terminal Management, Corporate Security and Central Infrastructure Management.
Susanne Klingler-Werner represents the member group of freight forwarders in the Executive Board of Air Cargo Community. She has worked for her employer for 15 years in various management roles. In 2017, she became Managing Director of UPS Supply Chain Solutions in Germany and Austria and she is also responsible for Switzerland and Scandinavia. Susanne Klingler-Werner is taking over from Götz Wendenburg, Station Manager at DHL Global Forwarding, who did not stand for re-election.
“I would like to offer my warmest thanks to Götz Wendenburg. His critical yet always constructive spirit helped the Community to make strong progress. I would also like to thank Michael Müller, who is also leaving the Board. Fraport and the entire air cargo community in Frankfurt have very close links to one another. Michael Müller has been instrumental in discussions amongst all partners on the Executive Board”, explains Joachim von Winning. “I am also very much looking forward to working with Susanne Klingler-Werner and Dr. Pierre Dominique Prümm. Their proven expertise will certainly offer valuable stimuli for our collaboration within the Community.”
Further information at www.FRA-fr8.com
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Patrik O. Tschirch: patrik_tschirch.jpg (3840×5760) (fra-fr8.com)
Dr. Pierre Dominique Prümm: dr_pierre_dominique_pruemm.jpg (3189×2126) (fra-fr8.com)
Susanne Klingler-Werner: susanne_klingler-werner.jpg (4032×3024) (fra-fr8.com)
Media contact:
Air Cargo Community Frankfurt e.V.
Joachim von Winning
+49 69 690 23511
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Lufthansa Cargo AG
With a turnover of 2.5 billion euros and 8.9 billion revenue tonne-kilometres in 2019, Lufthansa Cargo is one of the world's leading companies in the transport of air freight. The company currently employs about 4,500 people worldwide. Lufthansa Cargo focuses on the airport-to-airport business. The cargo carrier serves around 300 destinations in more than 100 countries with its own fleet of freighters, the belly capacities of passenger aircraft operated by Lufthansa German Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings and SunExpress, and an extensive road feeder service network. The bulk of the cargo business is routed through Frankfurt Airport. Lufthansa Cargo aligns its corporate responsibility commitment with the sustainability goals of the United Nations (UN). Lufthansa Cargo has committed itself to anchoring five selected sustainability goals in its corporate activities and to making a substantial contribution to achieving these goals by 2030. Lufthansa Cargo is a wholly owned Lufthansa subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Lufthansa Group’s logistics specialist.
About Air Cargo Community Frankfurt e.V.
The Air Cargo Community Frankfurt e.V. is an association of companies, institutions, and organisations with the clear objective of promoting the airfreight location of Frankfurt. Its total of more than 50 members includes representatives of all areas of the air cargo supply chain. The prime objective is that Frankfurt Airport will, also in future, continue to clearly be Europe’s No. 1 in the air freight business and, as the leading cargo hub, significantly enhance its competitiveness compared with other airports in neighbouring countries. The location of Frankfurt, today with nearly 2.1 million tons of air cargo (freight and mail, 2019) and 14,000 employees in the cargo area, should also continue to grow significantly in the coming years and, in doing so, capture an even larger share of global freight volumes for itself.
With 120,000 tonnes of pharmaceuticals flown each year, 14,000m² of dedicated, temperature controlled and certified pharma handling areas and temperature-controlled apron transport since 1996, FRA is Europe’s leading pharma hub and well prepared to support the global supply chain of Covid-19 vaccines.
