Thomas Kraus

- Advisory of CFO and Executive Leadership on financial implications of strategic initiatives, partnerships (JDA / LTA / M&A) and corporate restructuring - Cross-functional management of strategic finance projects (new business development, vertical integration optimization, profitability improvement, cost-of-capital reduction) - Development of comprehensive financial models and board-level decision frameworks for major capital projects, strategic partnerships and M&A evaluation

- E2E ownership of client relationships as primary point of contact across complex, multi-stakeholder transformation projects - Origination and delivery of high-impact consulting mandates spanning business model development, performance improvement and financial strategy - Development of senior management decision proposals and translation of executive recommendations into implementation roadmaps - Leadership of cross-functional team, handling simultaneous mandates and diverse client coverage

- Execution of group-wide liquidity investment across operational and strategic horizons, balancing capital preservation and yield optimization - Optimization of short-term funding across diversified sources including commercial paper programs, RCF and repos - Allocation and investment of excess liquidity into money market funds, commercial paper and short-term fixed income instruments - Execution of group-wide interest rate and currency risk management across derivatives and capital markets instruments

- Responsiblity for the end-to-end asset management process of Lufthansa Group’s pension funds, covering governance, administration and ongoing oversight of the Group CTA and KVG structure across all group entities - Steering of the investment committee process including preparation of decision proposals, due diligence management and external manager selection with integrated performance monitoring - Translation of ALM study results into actionable asset allocation and investment strategy recommendations

Absolvent des st.i.p. - Finance Programm: 05/14 – 06/14: Asset Management, Frankfurt 02/14 – 04/14: Liquidity and Risk Management, Frankfurt 02/13 – 04/13: Airline Administration Center (Finance), Bangkok 07/12 – 10/12: Process Management Accounts Receivables, Cologne 02/12 – 04/12: Process Management Accounts Payable, Cologne

International Management & Corporate Strategy

Derivate, Risk Management, Asset Management

Finance & Supply Chain Management