Lufthansa names former CFO Kley as new chairman

Lufthansa named its former finance chief Karl-Ludwig Kley as new chairman of its supervisory board, replacing Wolfgang Mayrhuber, who resigned six months before the end of his term. Kley, 66, who is also the chairman of power company E.ON’s supervisory board, took over Monday, the flagship carrier said. He was Lufthansa’s finance chief for eight years through 2006 before joining drugs and chemicals group Merck KGaA, where he later became chief executive.<br/>