Management
Chairman of the Management Board of Eurowings, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
Jens Bischof, born 1965 in Frankfurt am Main, has been Chairman of the Board of Management and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Eurowings based in Cologne since March 2020. In his position as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Jens Bischof is also responsible for Corporate Communications, Network Management & Airport Relations, Pricing & Revenue Management, Customer Experience & Marketing, and Sales, Distribution & Digital.
Jens Bischof started his career in the Lufthansa Group in 1990 at Lufthansa Cargo. Since then he has held several senior positions. From 2006 to 2011, for example, he headed Lufthansa’s passenger business in North and South America. Subsequently, he was responsible for the worldwide sales organization as Lufthansa Passenger Board Member and Chief Commercial Officer. In the past three years as CEO of SunExpress, he has successfully realigned the company, significantly expanded it and successfully positioned economically. The Business Economist also holds a Master's degree in Management from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
The airline and tourism expert supports start-up companies as a seed investor and consultant and is member of several supervisory boards, especially in the technology sector.
Jens Bischof is married and father of two children.
Member of the Eurowings Executive Board, HR, Finance & IT
Kay Duve, born 1968 in Hamburg, has been a member of the Eurowings Executive Board since February 1, 2022. He is responsible for Human Resources, Finance, IT, Strategy and Procurement.
From 2016 until his move to the Executive Board of Eurowings, Kai Duve was in charge of the division Cabin Crews Frankfurt at Lufthansa Airlines and had management responsibility for 15,000 flight attendants and pursers at Lufthansa in Frankfurt and at the foreign bases in Bangkok and New Delhi since 2016. Prior to that, the industrial engineer was responsible for corporate auditing at Lufthansa Group from 2009 to 2015. Between 2002 and 2009, Kai Duve gained many years of international experience as Director Finance & HR Asia/Pacific at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, based in Singapore, and as Director HR North America in New York. Kai Duve started his career in 1998, in the controlling department of Lufthansa Technik.
Kai Duve is married and has three children.
Member of the Management Board of Eurowings and Chief Operating Officer
Edi Wolfensberger, a Swiss citizen, has been a member of the Eurowings Executive Board since April 2022 and is also the airline's Chief Operating Officer (COO). He is responsible for Crew Operations, Flight Operations, Ground & Customer Operations, Safety, Security & Compliance, Lean Management and Eurowings Technik.
From 2019 until his move to the Eurowings Executive Board, Edi Wolfensberger was Chief Operating Officer at Brussels Airlines, where he headed all operational departments. He also served as Accountable Manager of the Belgian airline. Prior to that, Wolfensberger was Managing Director of Lufthansa Aviation Training Switzerland AG, where he established the cooperation between the newly merged companies within the Lufthansa Aviation Training Group from 2017 to 2019. As Managing Director at Airline Training Center Arizona, he was instrumental in the turnaround of the Phoenix-based company between 2015 and 2017. Edi Wolfensberger began his career in the aviation industry in 2007 at Swiss International Airlines in the controlling department for maintenance and technology, after which he held various positions in the areas Finance and Commercial.
Edi Wolfensberger is married and has two children.