Wolfram N Diener becomes new president & CEO at Messe Düsseldorf

On 4 December 2019, the shareholders’ meeting of Messe Düsseldorf, presided over by the Chairman, Lord Mayor Thomas Geisel, appointed Wolfram N Diener (55) as the new president and chief executive officer and Erhard Wienkamp (61) as the new managing director, Operative Trade Fair Business, Messe Düsseldorf. The shareholders’ meeting was followed with the recommendation of the Supervisory Board of Messe Düsseldorf. In his new position, Diener succeeds Werner M Dornscheidt (65), who will retire at the end of June 2020, after almost 17 years at the helm of the Düsseldorf trade fair company. Diener will take up his post on 1 July 2020. Wienkamp will succeed Hans Werner Reinhard (49), who left the company on 30 September 2019, as operative managing director on 1 January 2020. “Markets are shifting and the world is becoming more international, more digital and complex. With their many years of trade fair experience worldwide, Wolfram N. Diener and Erhard Wienkamp are the ideal torchbearers to lead Messe Düsseldorf into the future. They stand for both renewal and continuity,” Dornscheidt…

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