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Edwin Koopmans is the corporate treasurer for the Lufthansa Group. The Lufthansa Group operates in three main segments, employing over 100.000 employees worldwide. Its core businesses are the passenger airlines, via brands like Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian, Brussels, Eurowings, etc. Furthermore, the company has a logistics / cargo division, Lufthansa Cargo, and provides MRO and technical services via Lufthansa Technik. In his role as Treasurer, part of Edwin’s responsibility is the management of Lufthansa’s Pension Plans of approx. €14,2 bn. Edwin first started managing Pension Plan assets in 2008. In 2010, he successfully implemented one of the first LDI strategies in the USA. Between 2011 and 2013, he was the Head of AON’s outsourced pension plan division, developing Plan strategies for US corporates. In the years following, he took broader Treasury roles, but keeping responsibility for Pension Plans and staying closely involved with strategy implementation.