Thierry Antinori

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Thierry Antinori (born July 26, 1961 in Metz , Lorraine ) is a French manager . From 1999 to 2011 he was Head of Marketing, Product and Sales at Deutsche Lufthansa AG and has held the position of Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer in Doha at the state airline Qatar Airways since 2019. Antinori is also Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Sixt AG , on the DZT Board of Directors and a member of the SaarLB Advisory Board .

education

Antinori completed his school education in France, where he graduated from ESSEC, known as the elite university in Paris.

Professional background

After completing his studies, Thierry Antinori initially worked for a French management consultancy specializing in retail. In 1986 he moved to Air France . In 1990 Thierry Antinori came to Munich, where he worked for two years as Air France Director for Southern Germany. He then spent another two years as a personal advisor to a board member at Air France's headquarters in Paris. In October 1994 he was appointed General Manager of Air France for Germany based in Frankfurt am Main. In August 1997, Thierry Antinori joined Lufthansa , headquartered in Paris, as Head of Western and Southern Europe , where he was responsible for the markets of Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Portugal. In 2000, Antinori was finally appointed divisional board member of Lufthansa Passenger Airline for the sales area under the chairmanship of Wolfgang Mayrhuber , later he was also assigned the areas of marketing (including, among others, brand management , marketing, advertising , customer relations , Miles & More ) and product ( including floor and board products as well as cabin equipment). With his broad area of ​​responsibility, Thierry Antinori shaped Lufthansa's face towards its customers for many years. Far-reaching strategic realignments such as the zero commission (elimination of commissions) for travel agencies , the development of digital sales channels , a new brand strategy , a massive expansion of the Miles & More customer loyalty program, as well as far-reaching changes in the company's appearance, communication and products will take place during his term of office .

At the end of 2010, Antinori was introduced to the Lufthansa Executive Board as the new CEO of the Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines , who was to take over the official duties in Vienna on April 1, 2011. A few days before his move, however, he surprisingly canceled his contract with Lufthansa and disappeared from the public eye for a few months. During this time there was speculation that Antinori could switch to Air Berlin as the new board member or CEO . Ultimately, however, he was introduced to the press in Dubai in autumn 2011 as the new Executive Vice President Passenger Sales Worldwide of the Arab airline Emirates . Antinori held this position until April 2019 and during his tenure already set the course for the company, including collaborations with Jetblue and Qantas . In September, Qatar Airways announced that Antinori would be the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer in Doha.

To date, Thierry Antinori has won numerous marketing awards, including the award for Chief Marketing Officer of the Year 2009, which is renowned within the industry .

Private

Thierry Antinori is of Italian descent, his grandfather and father were carpenters. He is married to an Ethiopian woman, has two children and currently lives in Doha.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin U. Müller , Dinah Deckstein, DER SPIEGEL: Ex-Lufthansa board member: "I couldn't have imagined what was happening right now" - DER SPIEGEL - Economy. Retrieved June 25, 2020 .
  2. ↑ W&V Online: Thierry Antinori elected CMO of the Year 2009. Retrieved May 22, 2013
  3. ^ Le Figaro: Thierry Antinori: "Je remplissais les rayons dans un hypermarché." Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ W&V Online : Thierry Antinori elected CMO of the Year 2009. Retrieved May 22, 2013
  5. ↑ Axel Kaune (Ed.): Conflict Management in Tourism - The Introduction of Zero Commission. In: Change Management with Organizational Development. Berlin 2010
  6. ↑ Financial Times Deutschland: Ex-Lufthansa manager runs over to Emirates ( Memento from July 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ Vienna Times: Antinori linked to Air Berlin.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 22, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.viennatimes.at  
  8. ↑ Wirtschaftswoche: Ex-Lufthanseat is drawn to Arab competition. Retrieved May 22, 2013
  9. ↑ Kheleej Times: Emirates and JetBlue widen codesharing. Retrieved May 22, 2013
  10. ↑ Emirates website The senior management team.Retrieved May 22, 2013
  11. ↑ Emirates website Thierry Antinori - Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer.Retrieved May 22, 2013
  12. ^ Le Figaro: Thierry Antinori: "Je remplissais les rayons dans un hypermarché." Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  13. ↑ Handelsblatt Online: "Ex-Lufthanseat is drawn to Arab competition." Retrieved May 22, 2013
  14. ^ Thierry Vigoureux: Thierry Antinori, dans le cockpit d'Emirates. In: Le Point . January 6, 2014, accessed January 14, 2014 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Antinori, Thierry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French manager
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Metz , France