Messe Düsseldorf: Change of managing directors
On August 1, Marius Berlemann took over as the new Managing Director for Operations. The personnel change is accompanied by a restructuring of management responsibilities.
From now on, Messe Düsseldorf’s leisure trade shows will be consolidated under the leadership of the operative management. To that end, the responsibility for boot, a large watersports show, will shift from President & CEO Wolfram N. Diener to Marius Berlemann. The new Managing Director for Operations will also be in charge of CARAVAN SALON Düsseldorf, a leading international trade show for mobile travel.
In turn, drupa, the global No. 1 trade show for printing technologies, will no longer be a part of operative management, instead moving to Wolfram N. Diener, who’s already in charge of many of Messe Düsseldorf’s industrial trade shows: a leading global trade show for the wire and tube industries, wire und Tube; an international valve trade show, VALVE WORLD EXPO; a packing trade show, interpack; a leading trade show for the metallurgy and foundry industries, GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS and NEWCAST; and numerous other trade shows of the portfolios. One recent addition is XPONENTIAL, a trade show for uncrewed systems and robotics in the U.S., which in February 2025 will for the first time host a European spinoff event in Düsseldorf: XPONENTIAL Europe.
Besides boot and CARAVAN SALON, Marius Berlemann will be in charge of the trade show for plastics and rubber, K; a leading international trade shows for medical devices and healthcare, MEDICA and COMPAMED; a leading trade show for rehabilitation, prevention, integration and care, REHACARE; a trade show for Wines and Spirits, ProWein; a retail trade show, EuroShop; a trade show for retail technology, EuroCIS; a trade show for the glass industry, glasstec; a global trade show for occupational safety and health, A+A; an international cosmetics and wellness trade show, BEAUTY DÜSSELDORF; and aninternational trade show for hairdressers, TOP HAIR; plus a number of international trade shows in the respective portfolios.
While the operative business has been reorganized, Bernhard J. Stempfle, Managing Director Finance and Infrastructure, will continue to be in charge of the entire finance department as well as of the Digital Strategy & Communication division and the Technology division.
Consisting of Wolfram N. Diener, Marius Berlemann and Bernhard J. Stempfle, Messe Düsseldorf’s management is optimally positioned to work side by side with the entire workforce to elevate the company’s competitive edge.
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