Matthias Gruber

Vice President Technical Fleet Management Eurowings and Managing Director Eurowings Technik GmbH

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

▪ Extensive knowledge of the airline industry and market ▪ More than 15 years of management experience in the aviation maintenance industry ▪ Thorough technical knowledge of aircraft maintenance ▪ Highly defined motivational leadership skills ▪ Strategic and game-changing decision making in difficult contexts ▪ Leadership experience of geographically dispersed and diverse organizations ▪ Pragmatic and innovative approach to problems and challenges ▪ Entrepreneur ▪ Expert crisis management ▪ Focus on human resources empowerment and development ▪ New Work & New Leadership ▪ encourage cultural change

Experience

  • Vice President Technical Fleet Management at Eurowings
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Heading Eurowings groupwide technical operations and technical asset management to ensure safe, reliable and cost-efficient aircraft provisioning towards all Group AOCs. Accountable Manager CAMO (EASA.CAMO.0017) and Part 145 (DE.145.0030)

  • Managing Director at Eurowings Technik
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Responsible to ensure Eurowings' safe, reliable and cost-efficient technical operations and heading Eurowings Technik as sole Managing Director with it's production base in Dusseldorf and head office in Cologne. Accountable Manager CAMO (EASA.CAMO.0017) and Part 145 (DE.145.0030). ▪ MD of a company with 310 employees including finance, safety & complinace, digitalisation, business development, aircraft asset management & lease, logistics, engineering ▪ Responsible for all processes and strategy (i.e. maintenance strategy & growth, LEAN & innovation development, production setup, auditing, safety & compliance) ▪ Crisis Management ▪ P&L responsibility >400mio€ ▪ Negotiation with airlines & lessors & unions ▪ Project sponsor ▪ Member of Assessment Center LHG ▪ Mentor for Future Shapers

  • Lufthansa Group (Full-time · 2 yrs 5 mos)
    • Member of the Group TechOPS Commitee
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Process Owner Quality @ Technical Fleet Management Lufthansa Group
      Feb 2024 - Dec 2024 · 11 mos

      Responsible to coordinate and standardize quality processes for Technical Fleet Management aspects at the LH Group Airlines (Lufthansa, Eurowings, Swiss, Cityline, SN Brussels, and Lufthansa Cargo) by leading the matrix function.

  • Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director Commercials at Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey GmbH
    Jun 2021 - Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    ▪ CEO of a company with nearly 750 employees including finance, legal, IT & Digitalisation, facility management, product development, marketing & sales, asset management & lease, logistic, engineering and production (MRO engine services) ▪ Responsible for all processes and strategy (i.e. customer strategy & growth, LEAN & innovation development, production setup, auditing, safety/quality) ▪ Responsibility for HR processes ( i.e. retention, hiring, marketing and training) ▪ Crisis Management ▪ P&L responsibility >500mio€ ▪ Negotiation with airlines & lessors & unions ▪ Local government affairs and relations ▪ Project sponsor ▪ Mentor in LHT female mentoring program ▪ Member of Assessment Center LHT ▪ Mentor for Future Shapers

  • Chief Executive Officer at Lufthansa Technik Budapest Ltd
    May 2019 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    ▪ CEO of a production site with nearly 450 employees including Line Maintenance, Base Maintenance and Central Functions ▪ Responsible for all production processes and strategy (i.e. customer strategy & growth, LEAN & innovation development, production setup, auditing, safety/quality) ▪ Responsibility for HR processes ( i.e. retention, hiring, marketing and training) ▪ Crisis Management ▪ P&L responsibility ▪ Negotiation with airlines & airports & unions ▪ Local government affairs and relations ▪ Project sponsor ▪ Mentor