Frank Appel

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

Frank Appel is a German manager who served as CEO of Deutsche Post from 2008 to 2023. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

A former McKinsey consultant, Appel first joined Deutsche Post in 2000. ^[3] From November 2002, he was a member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Post AG. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

In his capacity as CEO, Appel accompanied Chancellor Angela Merkel on various state visits abroad, including to China in 2012 ^[6] and in 2014. ^[7]

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. ^[8]

Other activities

Government agencies

• Economic Development Board (EDB), Member of the International Advisory Council ^[9]

Corporate boards

• RWE, Chair of the Supervisory Board (since 2025) ^{[10] [11]}
• Deutsche Telekom AG, Member and Chair of the Supervisory Board (since 2022)
• Fresenius, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2021) ^[12]
• DHL Global Forwarding, Chair of the Supervisory Board
• Adidas, Member of the supervisory board (2018–2019) ^{[13] [14]}
• Deutsche Postbank, Chair of the Supervisory Board (2008–2011)

Non-profit organizations

• Baden-Badener Unternehmer-Gespräche (BBUG), Member of the Board of Trustees ^[15]
• econsense, Member of the Board of Trustees ^[16]
• Federation of German Industries (BDI), Member of the Presidium ^[17]
• Max Planck Society, Member of the Senate ^[18]
• Working Group of Protestant Businesses (AEU), Member of the Board of Trustees ^[19]

Personal life

Appel was born in 1961, ^[20] 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.

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. Matthias Inverardi and Nadine Schimroszik (4 December 2021), Deutsche Post CEO could become Deutsche Telekom chairman - report Reuters .
4. "Deutsche Post DHL Group extends board member mandate of CEO Frank Appel". WebWire. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
5. Change in Postbank Supervisory Board Postbank, 2 December 2010
6. Christian Geinitz (4 February 2012), Besuch der Kanzlerin: China will Europa nicht aufkaufen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung .
7. Ralf Schuler and Henrik Jeimke-Karge (7 March 2014), China-Reise: Mit diesen Managern reist Merkel ins Reich der Mitte BILD .
8. "Aufsichtsrat".
9. International Advisory Council Economic Development Board (EDB).
10. Kirsten Bialdiga (25 November 2024), Nachfolger von Werner Brandt: Frank Appel wird neuer Chefaufseher bei RWE Manager Magazin .
11. Annual General Meeting approves dividend increase; Dr. Frank Appel new Chairman of the Supervisory Board RWE, press release of 30 April 2025.
12. Michael Sen to succeed Mats Henriksson as CEO of Fresenius Kabi Fresenius, press release of 16 March 2021.
13. Postchef Appel in Adidas-Aufsichtsrat gewählt Handelsblatt , 9 May 2018.
14. Post-Chef Frank Appel verlässt Adidas-Aufsichtsrat Die Welt , March 19, 2019.
15. Board of Trustees Archived 2018-01-09 at the Wayback Machine Baden-Badener Unternehmer-Gespräche (BBUG).
16. Board of Trustees Archived 2020-09-21 at the Wayback Machine econsense.
17. Presidium Federation of German Industries (BDI).
18. Senate, as of February 2019 Max Planck Society.
19. Board of Trustees Archived 2020-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Working Group of Protestant Businesses (AEU).
20. "Frank Appel | Deutsche Post". European CEO. 2014-12-12. Retrieved 2017-03-02.