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Thilo Schmid


Mr. Thilo Schmid is Executive Vice President, Partner and Principal Airline Restructuring at Lufthansa Consulting.

Specialist area

He is a specialist in airline restructuring, strategy and finance, particularly in the field of air cargo. His business know-how includes strategy development and implementation, (strategic) finance, turnaround management, restructuring, air cargo and logistics.

Recent assignments

Client

Responsibility in Project

Air Ivoire, Cote d'Ivoire

Project Director: Restructuring project (turnaround management, business plan development and implementation)

Egypt Air, Egypt

Project Director: Misc. projects including Commercial, IT and Cargo

Indian Carrier

Project Director: Business plan development and start-up support

Middle East Carrier

Project Director: Restructuring project (turnaround management, business plan development and implementation)

Various other Logistics/Finance/M&A projects

Qualifications

  • Director of Logistics at Munich and Stuttgart airports, Lufthansa Cargo
  • Project manager for a start-up handling joint venture in Shenzhen, China, Lufthansa Cargo
  • Assistant to the CEO, Lufthansa Cargo
  • Management Trainee, Lufthansa
  • Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Mannheim, Germany specializing in corporate strategy, international business and operations management
  • Apprenticeship in banking and finance at a German Municipal Savings Bank

Publications

  • European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS): A new challenge for airlines, Washington, USA, June 2010
  • Airline management in turbulent times, Baku, Azerbaijan, June 2009
  • Trends in cargo airline operations, Brussels, Belgium, April 2009
  • End-of-Runway logistics from the cargo airlines’ point of view, Frankfurt, January 2008
  • Cargo belly business – challenges and opportunities, December 2007
  • How to build up and run a new cargo warehouse?, India, November 2007
  • The challenge of developing worldwide air cargo hubs, October 2007
  • Logistic hub – embracing the new concept, Seoul, May 2007

Outside the office

Mr Schmid is a keen handball player and also an enthusiastic skier. He finds great pleasure in travelling and his idea of luxury would be to travel around the world for a year without time restrictions. He particularly enjoys the diversity and charm of Asian Food.

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