Roland Keppler (42) takes over with immediate effect responsibility for the Airlines and New Media divisions in the Central Europe source market of TUI. This source market represents the management function for the tourism activities of TUI in the countries Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland as well as the Baltic states.
The source market management will in future consist of Dr Volker Böttcher (chairman), Henrik Homann and Roland Keppler. Christoph Müller remains responsible for TUI Airline Management in the executive board of TUI AG and therefore for the overall coordination of the flight division of TUI AG.
Roland Keppler began his professional career, following studies in industrial engineering, in 1992 in the Group Controlling division of the then Preussag AG. This was followed by periods at Preussag Wasser- und Rohrtechnik GmbH, the airline Hapag-Lloyd Flug GmbH and in the central airline management of TUI AG. In 2002, Keppler was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the low-cost carrier Hapag-Lloyd Express, where he has been responsible as chairman of the management board since January 2005.
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