Overview

• Vogel will assume the Personnel and Legal portfolio at Eurowings in Cologne effective December 1, according to statements and reporting by the FAZ.
• He succeeds Anja Ratsch, who is moving to a senior human resources role at Lufthansa Group headquarters in Frankfurt.
• Vogel described the move as a conscious decision for entrepreneurial responsibility and modern personnel management.
• Eurowings executive Kai Duve welcomed the hire, calling Vogel a well-profiled decision-maker and emphasizing the need for forward-looking HR.
• The appointment follows his withdrawal from professional politics after the FDP’s election defeat and draws on prior leadership at the Solingen-Wuppertal employment agency and a reorganization project at the Federal Employment Agency.