Christoph Franz

Dr Christoph Franz was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1960. After studying Industrial Engineering in Germany, France and the U.S., he earned his PhD in Political Science from Darmstadt Technical University. Dr. Franz started his career at Lufthansa AG, joining Deutsche Bahn AG in 1994. He was then appointed CEO of Swiss International Air Lines AG in 2004. From 2011 to 2014, he was the CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. Dr. Christoph Franz has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Roche Holding AG since 4 March 2014. Among other honorary assignments he is member of the Advisory Board of University of St. Gallen (HSG) and member of the Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).