More than ten years after the founding of Flixbus, the parent company Flixmobility is reorganizing itself as an SE. Two of the three founders will be part of the new three-member Executive Board: André Schwämmlein will take over the role of CEO and will lead the business units Flixbus and Flixtrain, the commercial functions as well as the areas of communications, politics and sustainability. Daniel Krauss is responsible as CIO for technology and people management. Christoph Debus is joining the company and will also become a member of the Executive Board as CFO at the beginning of March. Debus was previously CEO of Thomas Cook Group Airlines and most recently CFO at Condor. He succeeds Christian Rummel, who is leaving Flixmobility. The third co-founder and current Co-CEO, Jochen Engert, will join the Supervisory Board effective April 1, 2022. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board is Bitkom President Achim Berg.
No indication of IPO after change to SE
“With Christoph Debus, we have been able to gain an outstanding industry expert and are very much looking forward to working with him in the future,”
says André Schwämmlein.
“After years of experience in traditional aviation companies, I am delighted to not only focus on road and rail, but also to help shape the future of such a visionary, sustainable and ambitious company as Flixmobility,”
says Christoph Debus.
In a press release on the conversion to an SE, Flixmobility did not comment on whether an IPO was also planned with the new legal form. The ownership shares of an SE are divided into shares, just like in a stock corporation. For years, there have been repeated rumors that the company is planning a stock market listing.
