Gender Female
Anke Giesen has been a member of the Fraport Executive Board since 2013 and serves as Executive Director Operations (COO). She has board responsibility for the units "Airside and Terminal Management, Corporate Safety and Security" and “Retail & Properties” as well as for the units “HR Top Executives” and "Legal Affairs and
Compliance".
After obtaining a degree in law, she started her career in 1992 in the mechanical and electrical engineering sector, becoming a specialist in human resources and management personnel at Mannesmann Dematic AG. In 2001, she transferred to Pfleiderer AG, an international manufacturer of engineered wood, where she held several management positions. From 2004, she served as the group’s head of human resources and as a member of the management board for Pfleiderer’s Business Center Western Europe.
In 2009, she joined Douglas Holding AG, an international retailing group, as a member of the executive board and the group’s director for labor relations. In that position, she was responsible for the areas of human resources and legal affairs as well as for the group’s insurance management and procurement divisions.
