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www.ceotodaymagazine.com 20 CEO Today Global Awards 2019 germany FRIEDRICH JOUSSEN CEO of TUI AG FIRM PROFILE TUI is the world’s leading tourism group. The broad portfolio gathered under the Group umbrella consists of strong tour operators, 1,600 travel agencies and leading online portals, six airlines with around 150 aircraft, over 380 hotels, 16 cruise liners and many incoming agencies in all major holiday destinations around the globe. It covers the entire tourism value chain under one roof. This integrated offering enables us to provide our 27 million customers with an unmatched holiday experience in 180 regions. A key feature of our corporate culture is our global responsibility for economic, environmental and social sustainability. This is reflected in more than 20 years of commitment to sustainable tourism. In 2018 financial year the TUI Group with a headcount of around 70,000 recorded turnover of €19.5bn and an operating result of €1.147bn. The TUI Group’s share is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE 100 index, in the Quotation Board of the Open Market on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and regulated Market of the Hanover Stock Exchange. TUI Group operates over 380 own hotels. The facilities run by our brands are located in top-class settings in the holiday-making regions – offering a variety of hotel formats with high standards of business performance, service quality and environmental management. The Group’s hotel portfolio includes such well-known brands as Riu and the premium-market Robinson Clubs. CRUISES TUI Group gears operations to the specific desires of different customers. Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, with four ships, is the leading provider of expedition and luxury cruises in the German-speaking market. The joint venture TUI Cruises offers premium voyages. The fleet currently consists of six vessels. Marella Cruises has six liners serving the British market. The newest vessels will join in 2019. DESTINATION EXPERIENCES TUI Group operates Group-owned incoming agencies or holds interests in incoming agencies in almost all countries of relevance to the travel and tourism market. They offer a broad range of services including transfers, excursions or round trips, contributing to quality assurance in the destinations. These agencies and their tourism services are clustered under TUI Destination Experiences. TOUR OPERATORS Many strong tour operators with leading positions in their own domestic markets are clustered under the roof of the TUI Group. In Germany they include TUI Deutschland, 1-2-FLY, airtours and Wolters Reisen, in the UK First Choice. TUI operators are also among the leading national brands in Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Russia and the Ukraine. ABOUT FRIEDRICH JOUSSEN Friedrich Joussen is CEO of TUI GROUP, domiciled in Hanover/Berlin. TUI GROUP was formed from the parent company TUI AG and its former British tourism subsidiary TUI Travel PLC. Joussen joined the Executive Board of TUI AG in 2012 and was appointed CEO in 2013. He also was Non-Executive Chairman of TUI Travel PLC until its integration in the Group at the end of 2014. Prior to joining TUI AG Friedrich was Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Germany from 2005 until September 2012, in charge of the largest operating company in the global Vodafone Group. With the takeover of fixed-line carrier Arcor AG, he developed the company from a mobile phone group to an integrated telecommunications group. At an international level, Joussen was a member of the Board of the Group-owned venture capital company Vodafone Ventures and was a member of the CEO Council and the Strategy Board of the Vodafone Group. Friedrich joined Mannesmann AG in 1988. He was then one of the first managers of the newly founded Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH, playing a crucial role in the establishment of the mobile industry in Germany and Europe. He held various management positions in Group strategy, innovation management and marketing. From 1997 to 2000 Friedrich Joussen was marketing director at Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH. When the Mannesmann Group was taken over by Vodafone, he was appointed Head of Global Product Management at the Vodafone Group in Newbury (UK). In 2003 Friedrich Joussen returned to Germany and took over as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Vodafone Germany.