Carsten Spohr has been appointed Board Chairman at International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Spohr is the 78th chair and has served on the board since May 2014. He succeeds Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, who will continue to serve on the board.

Spohr has been Chairman of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG since 1 May 2014. In this role, he manages the Lufthansa Group comprising the business segments Network Airlines, Eurowings and Aviation Services, with around 135,000 employees worldwide.

Spohr began his aviation career after receiving a graduate degree in business engineering at the University of Karlsruhe and holds an A320 family captain's license.