Berlin trade fair boss stops
Created: 2022-11-30Updated: 2022-11-30 8:23 p.m
Martin Ecknig, head of the Berlin trade fair.
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Ecknig has only been CEO since January 2021.
Now it's over for him at the top again.
A reason for the separation from the manager is not given.
Berlin – The head of the Berlin trade fair, Martin Ecknig, stops.
The Messe Berlin supervisory board and Ecknig have agreed to terminate his contract as CEO, as the state-owned Messe Berlin GmbH announced on Wednesday.
The Supervisory Board had previously met.
A reason for the separation was not given.
Ecknig has only been CEO since January 2021, before that he was a manager at Siemens.
The portfolio of the trade fair includes major internationally known events such as the International Green Week, the ITB tourism trade fair and the International Consumer Electronics Fair (IFA).
As reported by the trade fair, the Personnel and Presidential Committee was instructed by the Supervisory Board to immediately initiate a procedure to fill the position of Managing Director.
The previous CFO Dirk Hoffmann takes over the post on an interim basis.
dpa
