Carsten Spohr is a German businessperson who has been at the head of 7 different companies and presently is Chairman-Governors Board at International Air Transport Association and Chairman-Executive Board & CEO at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Technik AG (a subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG).

He is also on the board of Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG and SN Airholding SA.

In the past Carsten Spohr occupied the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board at Germanwings GmbH, Chairman-Executive Board & Chief Executive Officer at Lufthansa Cargo AG, Chairman-Executive Board & Chief Executive Officer at Lufthansa German Airlines, Chief Executive Officer for PrivatAir SA, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director at Mercedes-Benz South Africa Ltd. and Member-Managing Board at Lufthansa Passage Airlines.

Mr. Spohr received an undergraduate degree from the University of Karlsruhe.