Presently, Thomas Ellerbeck is Chairman for Tui Care Foundation. Mr. Ellerbeck is also on the board of Nobel Laureate Meetings Lindau, Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings and TUIfly GmbH and Chairman of TUI Foundation, Member of Atlantik-Bruecke eV, Member-Broadcasting Council at Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln and Group Director-Corporate & External Affairs at TUI AG.

In the past he was Head-Media Relations at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Member-Management Board at Vodafone Deutschland GmbH and Communications Director at Vodafone GmbH.