Frank Appel Explained

Frank Appel
Occupation:	Generaldirektor of Deutsche Post
Predecessor:	Klaus Zumwinkel
Successor:	Tobias Meyer

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

Career

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

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]

At the shareholders' meeting on April 7, 2022, Appel was elected to the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom AG until 2026. On the same day, he was elected by the Supervisory Board to succeed Ulrich Lehner as its Chairman.^[7]

Other activities

Government agencies

• Economic Development Board (EDB), Member of the International Advisory Council^[8]

Corporate boards

• DHL Global Forwarding, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
• Adidas, Member of the supervisory board (2018-2019)^{[9] [10]}
• Deutsche Postbank, Chairman of the Supervisory board (2008-2011)
• Deutsche Telekom AG, Member and Chairman of the Supervisory Board (since 2022)

Non-profit organizations

• Baden-Badener Unternehmer-Gespräche (BBUG), Member of the Board of Trustees^[11]
• econsense, Member of the Board of Trustees^[12]
• Federation of German Industries (BDI), Member of the Presidium^[13]
• Max Planck Society, Member of the Senate^[14]
• Working Group of Protestant Businesses (AEU), Member of the Board of Trustees^[15]

Personal life

Appel was born in 1961,^[16] is married and is the father of two children.He spent his childhood growing up in Hamburg.

Education

• 1989 - MSc in chemistry, University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
• 1993 - PhD in neurobiology at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland.

Notes and References

1. Book: Publishing, DK. 1000 CEOs. 5 April 2011. 2009-08-17. Penguin. 978-0-7566-7057-3. 199.
2. Web site: Press Release DPDHL - Contract for CEO Frank Appel extended for another five years . 2013-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170912144624/http://www.dpdhl.com/en/media_relations/press_releases/2011/angela_titzrath_2012_new_member_board_of_management_deutsche_post_dhl.html . 2017-09-12 . dead .
3. Web site: Deutsche Post DHL Group extends board member mandate of CEO Frank Appel. WebWire. 2020-04-13.
4. https://www.postbank.com/postbank/en/pr_press_releases_archive_2010_11045.html Change in Postbank Supervisory Board
5. Christian Geinitz (4 February 2012), Besuch der Kanzlerin: China will Europa nicht aufkaufen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
6. Ralf Schuler and Henrik Jeimke-Karge (7 March 2014), China-Reise: Mit diesen Managern reist Merkel ins Reich der Mitte BILD.
7. Web site: Aufsichtsrat .
8. https://www.edb.gov.sg/en/about-edb/our-team/international-advisory-council.html International Advisory Council
9. https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/sportartikelhersteller-postchef-appel-in-adidas-aufsichtsrat-gewaehlt/21262256.html Postchef Appel in Adidas-Aufsichtsrat gewählt
10. https://www.welt.de/regionales/bayern/article190547121/Post-Chef-Frank-Appel-verlaesst-Adidas-Aufsichtsrat.html Post-Chef Frank Appel verlässt Adidas-Aufsichtsrat
11. https://www.bbug.de/de/ueber-uns/der-verein.php Board of Trustees
12. https://www.aeu-online.de/organisation/kuratorium.html Board of Trustees
13. https://bdi.eu/der-bdi/organisation/praesidium/ Presidium
14. https://www.mpg.de/1235658/MPS_Senate.pdf Senate, as of February 2019
15. https://www.aeu-online.de/organisation/kuratorium.html Board of Trustees
16. News: Frank Appel Deutsche Post. 2014-12-12. European CEO. 2017-03-02. en-US.