Prof. Dr. Lutz Hager elected as the new CEO of the BMC

28.04.2022 10:44

Prof. Dr. Lutz Hager, professor of healthcare management at the SRH Fernhochschule – The Mobile University, was elected as the new BMC board chairman at the general meeting at the end of April. With Dr. Ursula Hahn (OcuNet Verbund) and Franz Knieps (BKK Dachverband e. V.) were also newly elected as deputy chairmen of the board and four other board members.

After his election, Hager emphasized that he wanted to further strengthen the BMC as a platform for open exchange and as a pacesetter for innovations: “The major task for the coming years is nothing less than a transformation of healthcare. We can achieve more patient orientation, quality of care and efficiency as well as a new focus on prevention and maintaining health - if we have the courage to change." This requires clever solutions and, above all, closer cooperation between everyone involved in care. “The strength of the BMC is our diversity and the commitment of our members. We have different perspectives, but we are united by the common goal of a sustainable healthcare system. We will bring innovative ideas to this end,” said the 48-year-old new CEO.

The diversity of the membership is also reflected in the new board: Dr. Bernadette Klapper (DBfK), Dr. Carola Reimann (AOK Federal Association), Antonia Rollwage (Charité) and Nicole Schlautmann (Pfizer) were elected to the board as assessors. While Knieps was already a member of the last board in which Hager, Hahn and Rollwage were co-opted members, the other members are new. “I am very pleased that we have found such a diverse and competent team that brings in ideas from all areas of the healthcare system,” explained Hager.

15 years after taking office, the previous CEO, Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung (56), as well as other long-standing board members, did not stand for re-election. Amelung emphasized that he supports the change with full conviction: “I am very pleased that the BMC members have placed their trust in Lutz Hager and his team and wish him all the best. We have worked together in a spirit of trust over the last few years and I am sure that he will give the BMC new, valuable impetus. I am extremely pleased that he has managed to attract many fresh faces to the new board.”