The Air Berlin PLC Board of Directors has appointed Henning zur Hausen, Kevin Knight, Dr. Matthias Kloepper and Thilo Schmidt as new members. Dr. Hans-Joachim Korber (Chairman), James Hogan (Vice Chairman), James Rigney and Johannes Zurnieden have left the Board of their own accord. Until a new Chairman is appointed, Achim Hunold will act as Interim Chairman of the Board. Henning zur Hausen, General Counsel and Company Secretary at Etihad Aviation Group, is an experienced aviation expert with legal and management experience at Lufthansa AG, Lufthansa Cargo, as well as Cargolux Airlines International S.A. Kevin Knight has been Group Chief Strategy & Planning Officer at Etihad Airways since 2016 and is an internationally recognised aviation manager with more than 30 years of industry expertise. Dr. Matthias Kloepper was Chief Financial Officer at FERI AG from 2005 to 2016 and is currently an active member of various supervisory boards of leading companies in Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Thilo Schmidt is the Deputy Chairman of the FASAG (Federal Aviation Security Association of Germany e.V.) and Partner at Copernicus Strategic Consulting CSC GmbH.