Ralf Teckentrup

In addition to his responsibilities in the Thomas Cook Group, Ralf Teckentrup holds mandates as a member of the Supervisory Board of Sixt, as a member of the Advisory Board of Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Tourismuswirtschaft (BTW). In addition, he acts as Chairman of Bundesverband der Deutschen Fluggesellschaften (BDF), based in Berlin, since 2007.

In 2004, Teckentrup was appointed to the Board of Thomas Cook AG and at the same time, as CEO, he took over the management of Condor Flugdienst, which he renovated in the following years, led back to the profit zone and leads until today.

in 2003, Teckentrup subsequently took over responsibility for the areas of network management, IT, airport infrastructure and the purchasing department of Lufthansa Passage.

After studying industrial engineering at the University of Hamburg and the Hamburg University of Technology in Hamburg-Harburg he joined in 1986 Deutsche Lufthansa AG as a project manager in the area of corporate organization. Up until 1994, his work focused on reorganization projects as well as programs for cost reduction and strategic corporate development. Afterwards, he headed the corporate organization of Lufthansa, before in 1996 he headed the controlling of the marketing and sales department. In 1997 he was appointed as Divisional Director for controlling and administration and later for network management and marketing.

Ralf Teckentrup (born November 11, 1957 in Neubeckum, Westphalia, Germany) is Chief Commercial Officer of Thomas Cook Group Airlines and CEO of Condor Flugdienst.