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The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bahn AG has made important personnel decisions. From now on the DB board will be younger and more female. At a regular meeting on Thursday in Potsdam the control committee appointed Berthold Huber the previous board member responsible for passenger transport as the new head of the infrastructure department. On July 1 of this year the 58-year-old Huber will take over the position of the previous CEO Ronald Pofalla who left the company at the end of April at his own request. Hubers contract runs until spring 2027. Chairman of the Supervisory Board Michael Odenwald Mr. Huber has been working for Deutsche Bahn for over 20 years. He knows the group like no other and as a former HR director at DB Netz AG has in-depth knowledge of the infrastructure.Also effective July 1 Evelyn Palla will head the newly created Regional Transport department. The 48-year-old business economist has so far been responsible for finances on the board of DB Fernverkehr AG. The South Tyrolean came to Deutsche Bahn from BB at the end of 2018. In Austria she was responsible for local and regional transport among other things. AR boss Odenwald With her diverse experience in the industry Ms. Palla will emphatically implement the growth strategy of the Strong Rail. At the same time it stands for the generational change that the Supervisory Board deliberately initiated. The previous boss of DB Regio AG Dr. Jrg Sandvo will in future be the group officer for infrastructure geared towards the common good. This is a central rail policy project of the federal government.dr Michael Peterson moves up to the Group Executive Board. The doctorate in business administration will lead the newly created long-distance passenger transport department from July 1st. The 51-year-old has been CEO of DB Fernverkehr AG since mid-2019. AR Chairman Odenwald Mr. Peterson stands for a digital and customer-oriented railway. In the next few years it will be a matter of implementing the ambitious goals of long-distance transport and thus making an important contribution to the transport turnaround. As is usual with first-time orders the contracts between Palla and Peterson each run for three years.
