The Lufthansa Group has appointed Frank Naeve as VP of sales for the Americas, effective May 1. He has worked for the airline group for 30 years, most recently as VP of Asia/Pacific for Lufthansa Cargo. He will lead sales in North and South America and manage the group's commercial relationship with United Airlines and Air Canada under their transatlantic joint-venture agreement. Naeve takes the role over from Tamur Goudarzi Pour, who now leads revenue management for all the group's passenger airlines and serves as Swiss International Air Lines chief commercial officer.