Lufthansa Technik Group announced senior management changes with the appointment of Dr. Burkhard Andrich, 52, as president and chief executive officer of the Manila-based Lufthansa Technik Philippines (LTP) starting on February 1, 2014. 

LTP an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility covering base maintenance checks for Airbus aircraft, is a joint venture with Philippine aviation service provider MacroAsia Corporation with a staff of 2,700.

Andrich has been senior vice president aircraft component services at Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg, with a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering, started with Lufthansa Technik in 1992. He was senior vice president line maintenance, and then served as senior vice president engine services from 2005 to 2011. 

Succeeding Andrich on February 1 as senior vice president aircraft component services is Harald Gloy, 41. Gloy holds a degree in engineering and management. He started with Lufthansa Technik,Hamburg on 2003. Following a tenure as director production aircraft base maintenance he took over component maintenance services as vice president and  Gloy became vice president engine overhaul in November 2012. 

Gerald Frielinghaus, 58, joined Lufthansa Technik in 1985 and has held the post of president and chief executive officer of Lufthansa Technik Philippines since 2011. He will return to Germany to manage the "Paperless Maintenance" project in Frankfurt - a migration from paper-based to electronic aircraft maintenance documentation for the airlines of the Lufthansa Group and Lufthansa Technik.