Christoph Franz is a German businessperson who has been the head of 9 different companies. Presently, he holds the position of Chairman of Roche Holding AG, Non-Executive Chairman of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. (a subsidiary of Roche Holding AG) and Chief Executive Officer of Swiss International Air Lines Ltd. Dr. Franz is also Member of International Committee of the Red Cross and Honorary Professor at the University of St. Gallen and on the board of 6 other companies.

In the past he held the position of Chairman-Executive Board & Chief Executive Officer at Deutsche Lufthansa AG Deputy Executive Chairman & CEO at Lufthansa German Airlines, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Lufthansa Technik AG, Vice Chairman of Swiss International Air Lines AG, Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Airways and Director at Swiss European Air Lines AG (which are all subsidiaries of Deutsche Lufthansa AG) and CEO-Passenger Transport Division at Deutsche Bahn AG.

Christoph Franz received a graduate degree and a doctorate from Technische Universität Darmstadt, an undergraduate degree from Ecole Centrale Lyon and an undergraduate degree from EM Lyon Business School.