Chief Financial Officer Continental Europe at Thomas Cook Group plc and Member of the Board at Thomas Cook AG.

Ludger Heuberg, born on November 30th 1958 in Duisburg in Germany, is Chief financial Officer (CFO) Continental Europe at Thomas Cook Group plc since July 2008. As CFO he is responsible for the group's finance in Continental Europe. Ludger Heuberg is also director of finance and personnel on the management board at Thomas Cook AG.

After completing his period of study and obtaining a degree in business management at Westfalische Wilhelms-University in Munster, Germany, Ludger Heuberg started his professional career in 1985 as a trainee at the micro-electronic centre of the Robert Bosch Group in Reutlingen, Germany. 1986 he was appointed to the position of head of the commercial director's office at Bosch. A mere two years later, he became head of department with responsibility for reporting and divisional controlling. He was then put in charge of company controlling and reporting in 1989.

1991 saw Ludger Heuberg move to Werner & Pfleiderer GmbH in Stuttgart, a Krupp subsidiary, where he was appointed as commercial director of the plastics engineering division. Two years later, he moved on to Rheinmetall AG in Dusseldorf to set up and manage a corporate development and central controlling division at the company.

Between 1996 and 1998, Ludger Heuberg worked as finance director at the quoted Mauser Waldeck AG, Chairman of the management board at Mauser Office GmbH in Korbach, Germany and executive manager at Rheinmetall AG. February 1998 saw him appointed as finance director at Kolbenschmidt Pierburg AG in Dusseldorf, a company quoted in the M-dax.

Ludger Heuberg moved to Lufthansa Cargo AG in March 2002, where he was made management board member in charge of the company's personnel and finance activities.

With effect from January 1st 2004, he was appointed to the position of director of finance and personnel on the management board at Thomas Cook AG in Oberursel, Germany. On June 19th 2007 Ludger Heuberg became Chief Financial Officer at Thomas Cook Group plc and was in charge of finance, controlling and portfolio management.

On July 1st 2008 Ludger Heuberg returned to Oberursel for private reasons to resume the position of CFO Continental Europe. Furthermore, he is member of the Group Executive Board.

He was appointed on the Board of Thomas Cook (India) Limited w.e.f. 27th February 2009.