Bettina Volkens

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Bettina Volkens at the press conference for the departure of the Olympic team on August 1, 2016 at Frankfurt Airport

Bettina Volkens (born June 15, 1963 ) is a German manager . From July 1, 2013 to December 31, 2019, she was a member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and, as Labor Director, was responsible for the areas of Human Resources and Legal.

Career

Volkens studied law at the University of Göttingen . She started her professional career in 1994 as a research assistant at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in Berlin. From 1995 to 1997 she worked as a lawyer. In 1997 she moved to Deutsche Bahn AG as in-house counsel . In 2006 she was appointed member of the HR management board of DB Regio AG at Deutsche Bahn . In 2012 she then moved to Deutsche Lufthansa AG , where she has been a member of the Executive Board since July 1, 2013. On December 3, 2019 Lufthansa announced that Volkens would be leaving the company on December 31 "by mutual agreement".

Women in business

Volkens is actively committed to equal rights and more female employees, especially female pilots. She is also committed to protecting female employees from sexual harassment.

Private

Bettina Volkens is married and has two children, whom she occasionally brings to work.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Corinna von Au: Structure and culture of a leadership organization: holistics, appreciation, trust, agility and learning . Springer-Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-658-12554-7 ( google.de [accessed on November 27, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Biography of Dr. Bettina Volkens. Lufthansa Group, November 27, 2018, accessed on November 27, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Lufthansa Group: Executive Board is being rebuilt, Thorsten Dirks becomes Head of IT. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Saarbrücker Zeitung: Lufthansa wants more female pilots. Retrieved November 27, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Sexual harassment in business: "We have to bring female culture to the table" . In: Der Spiegel . November 3, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed November 27, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Nikolaus Doll, Ernst August Ginten: Head of the Week: Bettina Volkens: The Unconventional . In: THE WORLD . May 12, 2013. Accessed December 1, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Volkens, Bettina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1963