Johannes Vogel moves to Lufthansa Group and becomes new Head of Human Resources at Eurowings

Johannes Vogel (43) is joining the Lufthansa Group and will take over as Head of Human Resources and Legal Affairs at Eurowings in Cologne on 1 December 2025. Vogel succeeds Anja Ratsch, who is moving to Frankfurt to take on a leadership position in the Human Resources department of the parent company Lufthansa Group, which has more than 100,000 employees.

“We are delighted to have gained Johannes Vogel, a distinguished decision-maker, for Eurowings,” says Kai Duve, Managing Director of Human Resources, Finance, and IT at Eurowings. “A young, ambitious team like Eurowings needs modern and forward-looking human resources management that is persuasive both internally and externally on the job market. I am confident that Johannes will master this challenge with a fresh perspective and a high level of expertise.”

Vogel is regarded as an accomplished manager in politics and business. Not only was he a long-standing member of the German Bundestag and deputy leader of the political party FDP, but he also gained management experience in human resources at a young age: at 32, he became a manager at the Federal Employment Agency, where he was responsible for reorganizing the international department on behalf of Chair of the Executive Board Frank-Jürgen Weise. As chairman of the management board of the Solingen-Wuppertal Employment Agency, he also headed an organization with around 400 employees.

Eurowings is the market leader at German airports such as Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Cologne, and Stuttgart, with around 5,500 employees. The company focuses on European traffic away from the major Lufthansa hubs. It currently operates more than 100 aircraft and 13 locations across Europe, and has successfully developed into the profit pillar of the Lufthansa Group in recent years. The Cologne-based airline expects to post profits in the triple-digit millions for the third consecutive year in the 2025 fiscal year.