Non-Executive Directors

Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Managing Director at Phoenix Reisen GmbH, Bonn
(Chairman of the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC since 10 May 2006)

Johannes Zurnieden was born on 28 June 1950 in Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany, and is married. After completing secondary school and studies in law and psychology at the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn he assumed the position of Managing Director at Phoenix Reisen GmbH in 1973. In 1994 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the German Fare Insurance Association (Deutscher Reisepreis Sicherungsverein) and in 1998 Vice-President of the German Tourism Association (Deutscher ReiseVerband). He also has accepted appointments to the advisory boards of the insurance company Europäische Reiseversicherung AG, Commerzbank and the Sparkasse Köln-Bonn.

Former Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of METRO AG, Dusseldorf
(Member of the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC since 10 May 2006)

Dr. Hans-Joachim Körber was born on 9 July 1946 in Braunschweig, Germany, and is married with one child. Dr. Körber completed his university studies in Brewery Technology (graduate Brewmaster) and Business Administration (graduate Business Administrator, doctorate) at the Technical University of Berlin. In 1985, after several years in executive positions within the R.A. Oetker Group, Dr. Körber joined Metro SB-Grossmärkte (cash-and-carry markets and one of the legal predecessors of METRO AG) and until 1996 held various executive positions in Germany and abroad. From 1996, with the founding of METRO AG, he was a member of the Management Board and, from 1999 to 2007, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO.

Former Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG, Berlin
(Member of the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC since 01 July 2009)

Hartmut Mehdorn was born on 31 July 1942. After studying mechanical engineering in Berlin, he joined the construction development section of Focke-Wulf in Bremen. From 1966 to 1978, Mehdorn worked for what later became known as the "Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke-Fokker GmbH", his last position being that of production head at the "Nordwerke" of MBB (Messerschmidt-Bölkow-Blohm). From 1979 - 1984, he was a member of the management of Airbus Industrie S.A. in Toulouse, France, where he was responsible for production, purchasing, and quality assurance. Between 1984 and 1989, the graduate engineer was head of the 'MBB Transport- und Verkehrsflugzeuge' group in Hamburg and from 1985 was also a member of the MBB management team in Munich. From 1989 - 1992, Mehdorn had a joint function as chairman of Deutsche Airbus GmbH in Hamburg and, from 1992 - 1995, he was a member of the board of Deutsche Aerospace AG in Munich where he was responsi-ble for the aviation corporate division. He was then chairman of the board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG from 1997 to 1999, and, from 1998 to 1999, was also a member of the board of RWE Aktiengesellschaft where he was responsible for industrial holdings. Hartmut Mehdorn has been CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Bahn AG in Berlin from December 1999 – April 2009. In 1996, he received an honorary doctorate from the Moscow State University of Printing Arts. In 2000, he was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg and named Honorary Senator of the Ruprecht Karl University in Heidelberg.
He is the holder of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Commander of the Legion of Honour.
Mehdorn is married and has three grown-up children.

General Partner of Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. S.C.A., Luxemburg
(Member of the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC since 26 November 2008)

Dieter Pfundt was born on 2 November 1952 in Blaubeuren, Germany, and is married with on child. Following his graduation from the University of Munich with a degree in Business Administration and a traineeship at Citibank AG, he worked for multinational companies. After almost two years at Morgan Guaranty in Frankfurt, he returned to Citibank in 1988 and assumed management of the Capital Markets & Treasury division in Frankfurt. In 1991, Dieter Pfundt became Managing Director of the Frankfurt branch of Citibank N.A., New York. He was appointed to the Board of Management of Citibank AG in 1994 and was part of the Global FX-Committee, responsible for Citibank's global options business.
Since his appointment on 1 September 1996 as personally liable partner of the banking house Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie., Dieter Pfund has been responsible for the overall Investment Banking division. He is based in Frankfurt am Main, at the bank’s most important branch outside Cologne. Since 1 July 2007, he is General Partner of the newly founded holding company Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. S.C.A. in Luxemburg. Dieter Pfund was elected to the Board of the Federal Association of German Banks (Bundesverband Deutscher Banken) in April 2008.

Chairman of Pegasus Airlines, Istanbul
(Member of the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC since 8 May 2009)

Ali Sabanci was born in Adana, Turkey in 1969, and is married with two children. After studying Politics and Economics at Tufts University in the USA, he worked for Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. until 1993. He received his MBA degree with a major in International Finance at Columbia Business School in 1995. He then returned to Turkey and held various posts at Akbank. In 1997 Mr. Sabanci was appointed Head of Projects in Sabanci Holding, going on to become the Executive Vice President of Strategy and Business Development in 2001. In March 2004, Mr. Sabanci resigned from his duties at Sabanci Holding and joined ESAS Holding. He is a member of the board of ESAS Holding and Chairman of Pegasus Airlines.

Chairman of the Management Board of Trimet Aluminium AG, Dusseldorf
(Member of the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC since 1 April 2008)

Heinz-Peter Schlüter was born on 16 October 1949 in Rübehorst/Ruppin, Germany, and is married with three children. After training as a merchant in wholesale and foreign trade at W&O Bergmann, he began his career as a metal trader in 1971. Following positions in Hamburg, London and Paris, he assumed overall responsibility for trading in 1979 and joined the management in 1982. In 1985, he founded TRIMET Metallhandelsgesellschaft as sole proprietor. With the acquisition of Aluminiumhütten Essen (1994) and Hamburg (2006), as well as smelters and foundries in Gelsenkirchen (1993), Harzgerode (2001) and Sömmerda (2001), TRIMET ALUMINIUM AG employs around 1,600 staff working with aluminium under his management today. With an overall production of over 450,000 tonnes, his company is Germany’s largest producer of aluminium. TRIMET operates offices in Berlin and Turin, as well as other offices in Beijing, Moscow, Prague and Zug via a stake in TRIMET CH.

CEO of E.R. Capital Holding GmbH & Cie. KG, Hamburg
(Member of the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC since 10 May 2006)


Nicholas Teller was born on 16 June 1959, in London, England, and is married with two children. Following completion of secondary school in Düsseldorf, he studied at the University of Birmingham (Bachelor of Commerce). His career began in 1982 with Commerzbank in London. Twelve years later he was appointed Branch Director of Commerzbank Prague and later to Executive Management of the Hamburg branch. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Teller was a Regional Board Member and was a member of the Management Board of Commerzbank AG between 1 April 2003 and 31 May 2008. Since 1 August 2008, he has been Chief Executive Officer of E.R. Capital Holding GmbH & Cie. KG in Hamburg. In addition, he is also a member of the Central Advisory Board of Commerzbank AG, the Management Board of Eurex Zürich AG and the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany e.V.