Sixt SE announced that Prof. Dr. Gunter Thielen since 2008 Board member and its chairman, asked to resign from the Board. As he reaches the age of 75, he wants to focus more on his many other assignments and duties in future. He is succeeded by Friedrich Joussen, CEO of TUI AG, who was sent to the Board. The company's Supervisory Board elected Mr. Joussen as its new chairman. Fritz Joussen became CEO of TUI AG in 2013. Under his leadership the holding Group of TUI AG and the previous British tourism subsidiary, TUI Travel PLC, merged into the new TUI Group with its registered headquarters in Hanover and Berlin, Germany. The business combination resulted in the worldwide leading integrated tourism Group with hotels, cruise liners, six European airlines and tour operators.