Jens Bischof

Director/Board Member at

Lufthansa German Airlines

60 year

53 connections

Transportation

Consumer Services

Electronic Technology

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Jens Bischof is Vice Chairman at SunExpress Deutschland GmbH, Director at Lufthansa German Airlines since 2011, and Senior Adviser at Permira Beteiligungsberatung GmbH.
Former roles include Independent Director at JetBlue Airways Corp.
from 2015 to 2016, Director at SN Airholding SA, Director-Information Technology at JENOPTIK Polymer Systems GmbH, and Chief Executive & Commercial Officer at Eurowings GmbH from 2020 to 2026.
Education includes undergraduate and graduate degrees from McGill University.

Jens Bischof active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Lufthansa German Airlines Lufthansa German Airlines AirlinesTransportation Provides aircraft transportation services	Director/Board Member	2011-03-31
SunExpress Deutschland GmbH SunExpress Deutschland GmbH AirlinesTransportation Operates leisure airline	Director/Board Member	-
Permira Beteiligungsberatung GmbH Permira Beteiligungsberatung GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Permira is an active, contrarian manager which utilizes their partnership culture to work closely with investee management teams, aiming to create value by combining extensive geographic coverage with deep vertical sector knowledge. The firm's funds seek to invest in companies with transaction sizes of €500 million or more and typically seek to take majority or significant minority stakes in their investee companies. Permira employs a three-tiered investment sourcing strategy, seeking transactions sourced through sector focus, local networks and opportunistic identification of unique situations for value creation. They specialize in the chemicals, consumer, industrial products & services and technology, media & telecoms sectors, investing in a variety of transaction types including financial acquisitions, LBOs, LBIs, public-to-private transactions, turnarounds and growth buy-outs. In addition, the Permira Funds actively seek situations where a path to value creation can be identified, such as by divesting non-core assets, developing family businesses, driving organic business growth, operationally improving underperforming assets and acquisition-driven sector consolidation.	Consultant / Advisor	-

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Former positions of Jens Bischof

Companies	Position	End
Eurowings GmbH Eurowings GmbH AirlinesTransportation Provides passenger air transportation services	Chief Executive Officer	2026-01-31
SN Airholding SA SN Airholding SA AirlinesTransportation Operates as holding company with interests in air transportation services	Director/Board Member	2019-07-08
JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION	Director/Board Member	2016-05-16
JENOPTIK Polymer Systems GmbH JENOPTIK Polymer Systems GmbH Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology Manufactures and supplies optical components	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	-

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Private companies	8
JetBlue Airways Corp. JetBlue Airways Corp. AirlinesTransportation Provides passenger air transportation services	Transportation
SN Airholding SA SN Airholding SA AirlinesTransportation Operates as holding company with interests in air transportation services	Transportation
McGill University McGill University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
JENOPTIK Polymer Systems GmbH JENOPTIK Polymer Systems GmbH Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology Manufactures and supplies optical components	Electronic Technology
Lufthansa German Airlines Lufthansa German Airlines AirlinesTransportation Provides aircraft transportation services	Transportation
Permira Beteiligungsberatung GmbH Permira Beteiligungsberatung GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Permira is an active, contrarian manager which utilizes their partnership culture to work closely with investee management teams, aiming to create value by combining extensive geographic coverage with deep vertical sector knowledge. The firm's funds seek to invest in companies with transaction sizes of €500 million or more and typically seek to take majority or significant minority stakes in their investee companies. Permira employs a three-tiered investment sourcing strategy, seeking transactions sourced through sector focus, local networks and opportunistic identification of unique situations for value creation. They specialize in the chemicals, consumer, industrial products & services and technology, media & telecoms sectors, investing in a variety of transaction types including financial acquisitions, LBOs, LBIs, public-to-private transactions, turnarounds and growth buy-outs. In addition, the Permira Funds actively seek situations where a path to value creation can be identified, such as by divesting non-core assets, developing family businesses, driving organic business growth, operationally improving underperforming assets and acquisition-driven sector consolidation.	Finance
Eurowings GmbH Eurowings GmbH AirlinesTransportation Provides passenger air transportation services	Transportation
SunExpress Deutschland GmbH SunExpress Deutschland GmbH AirlinesTransportation Operates leisure airline	Transportation