Christoph Franz is a German businessperson who has been at the helm of 9 different companies and presently is Chairman at Roche Holding AG and Non-Executive Chairman at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. (a subsidiary of Roche Holding AG).

He 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 his past career Christoph Franz occupied the position of Chairman-Executive Board & Chief Executive Officer at Deutsche Lufthansa AG Deputy Executive Chairman & CEO at Lufthansa German Airlines, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Technik AG, Vice Chairman for Swiss International Air Lines AG, Chief Executive Officer for Swiss Airways and President at Swiss European Air Lines AG (which are all subsidiaries of Deutsche Lufthansa AG), Chief Executive Officer for Swiss International Air Lines Ltd. 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, an undergraduate degree from EM Lyon Business School and a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.