Frank Appel

Frank Appel has been CEO of Deutsche Post since February 18, 2008.[1] His present appointment is through October 2022.[2] He has been Member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Post AG since November 1, 2002.[3]

Frank Appel
OccupationGeneraldirektor of Deutsche Post
PredecessorKlaus Zumwinkel
SuccessorIncumbent

Career

Appel served as Chairman of the supervisory board of Deutsche Postbank AG, but effective December 31, 2010, he resigned his position on the Supervisory Board.[4]

Appel served as Head of Logistics, Mail International division of Deutsche Post AG since 2007. In this position, he was responsible for Global Business Services including Legal Services Insurance and Risk Management, Corporate Procurement, Information Technology, Corporate Real Estate, Finance Operations, DPWN Business Consulting and Global Customer Solutions at DHL.

He served as Head of Global Business services and Head of Corporate services of Deutsche Post AG and served as its Managing Director of Corporate Development since 2000.

Prior to his start at Deutsche Post AG, Appel served as Consultant and Project Manager at McKinsey & Co., Frankfurt am Main, Germany since 1993 and as Partner of Member of German Business Management, McKinsey & Co. since 1999.

In his capacity as CEO, Appel has accompanied Chancellor Angela Merkel on various state visits abroad, including to China in 2012[5] and in 2014.[6]

Other activities

Government agencies

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations
  • Baden-Badener Unternehmer-Gespräche (BBUG), Member of the Board of Trustees[10]
  • econsense, Member of the Board of Trustees[11]
  • Federation of German Industries (BDI), Member of the Presidium[12]
  • Max Planck Society, Member of the Senate[13]
  • Working Group of Protestant Businesses (AEU), Member of the Board of Trustees[14]

Personal life

Appel was born in 1961,[15] is married and is the father of two children. He spent his childhood growing up in Hamburg.

Education

References
  1. Publishing, DK (2009-08-17). 1000 CEOs. Penguin. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-7566-7057-3. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  2. "Press Release DPDHL - Contract for CEO Frank Appel extended for another five years". Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  3. "Deutsche Post DHL Group extends board member mandate of CEO Frank Appel". WebWire. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  4. Change in Postbank Supervisory Board Postbank, December 2, 2010
  5. Christian Geinitz (February 4, 2012), Besuch der Kanzlerin: China will Europa nicht aufkaufen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  6. Ralf Schuler and Henrik Jeimke-Karge (March 7, 2014), China-Reise: Mit diesen Managern reist Merkel ins Reich der Mitte BILD.
  7. International Advisory Council Economic Development Board (EDB).
  8. Postchef Appel in Adidas-Aufsichtsrat gewählt Handelsblatt, May 9, 2018.
  9. Post-Chef Frank Appel verlässt Adidas-Aufsichtsrat Die Welt, March 19, 2019.
  10. Board of Trustees Baden-Badener Unternehmer-Gespräche (BBUG).
  11. Board of Trustees econsense.
  12. Presidium Federation of German Industries (BDI).
  13. Senate, as of February 2019 Max Planck Society.
  14. Board of Trustees Working Group of Protestant Businesses (AEU).
  15. "Frank Appel | Deutsche Post". European CEO. 2014-12-12. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
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