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German rail group's board appoints Evelyn Palla as new CEO
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Posted on September 23, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on September 23, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Evelyn Palla becomes Deutsche Bahn's first female CEO, succeeding Richard Lutz. Her leadership aims to tackle the company's under-investment and service delays.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The supervisory board of Deutsche Bahn on Tuesday voted to appoint Evelyn Palla as the German state-owned rail operator's CEO, tasking a company insider with the turnaround of a company dogged by under-investment and delayed train services.
Palla is currently head of the group's commuter and short-distance train unit DB Regio and will take the helm on October 1, Deutsche Bahn said in a statement.
Palla, who is to become Deutsche Bahn's first female CEO, joined the group in 2019, having previously worked for chipmaker Infineon, energy group E.ON and Austrian railway operator OeBB.
Last month, Germany's transport ministry said that Deutsche Bahn's current CEO Richard Lutz would leave the company after a difficult tenure.
(Reporting by Ludwig Burger and Christian Kraemer, Editing by Friederike Heine)
Evelyn Palla has been appointed as the new CEO of Deutsche Bahn, effective October 1.
Before becoming CEO, Evelyn Palla was the head of the group's commuter and short-distance train unit, DB Regio.
Evelyn Palla replaces Richard Lutz, who is leaving the company after a difficult tenure.
Evelyn Palla joined Deutsche Bahn in 2019.
Evelyn Palla's appointment is significant as she will be the first female CEO of Deutsche Bahn.
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