Ulrich Heppe has been Spokesperson for the Management Board of Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH since 1 February 2023. He joined the company on 1 March 2022 as Managing Director of Aviation and is currently responsible for the areas of aviation, operations, finance, security, communications, procurement, legal affairs and human resources.
Since 2022, he has been a member of the supervisory boards of Baden-Airpark GmbH at Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, HSG Flughafen Stuttgart Handels- und Service GmbH and Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH & Co. KG. In addition, Ulrich Heppe is a shareholder representative on the supervisory boards of SAG Stuttgart Airport Ground Handling GmbH, S. Stuttgart Ground Services GmbH and Flughafen Stuttgart Energie GmbH.
Careers
since 2023
Spokesperson for the Management Board of Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH
Vice President and Head of Transition, Adani Airports, India
2020 to 2021
Chief Airport Officer, Adani Ahmedabad International Airport (AMD), India
2015 to 2020
CEO of Fraport Bulgaria
2012 to 2015
CEO of Fraport Senegal (Daport S.A.)
2012
Interim CFO, King Khaled International Airport (KKIA)
2012
Fraport Management Contract/Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2007 to 2012
Fraport AG, Project Director
2006
Vice President, Avenue Capital Group, London
Educational background
2011 to 2012
Fraport Executive Management Programme, General Airport Management
Training for CFOs and COOs, Pulkovo Airport in St Petersburg & Lima International Airport
2003
INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, Executive Management Programme
1995 to 2000
University of Bayreuth, Second State Examination in Law, Business Administration
1994 to 1995
Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD), Dakar, Senegal, Law and International Cooperation
1992 to 1994
University of Passau, Law
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