Dr. Johannes Bussmann
Vorstandsvorsitzender
TÜV SÜD AG
Dr Johannes Bussmann has been Chairman of the Board of Management at TÜV SÜD AG since January 2023.
Prior to joining TÜV SÜD he was Chief Executive Officer of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik AG for 7 years. Between September 2012 and April 2015, he headed the Executive Board department of Human Resources, Engine & VIP Services.
Dr Bussmann started his professional career in 1998 as a product engineer at ABB Mannheim. In 1999 he joined Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg, working as a development engineer in Product Management and Development. Taking over the position of Sales Director Asia-Pacific in 2001, Dr Bussmann worked from the company’s Hamburg headquarters at first and from Singapore from 2003 onwards. He was appointed Vice President Marketing and Sales of Hamburg-based Lufthansa Technik in 2005 and rose to Senior Vice President Component Services in 2007 before becoming Senior Vice President Engine Services in 2011.
Dr Bussmann graduated in aerospace engineering and holds an engineering doctorate in the field of combustion engineering, both from Aachen University.
