Messe Berlin

Management and Subsidiaries

The Managment

Dr. Mario Tobias, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Dr. Mario Tobias

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Brief biography

  • Since September 2023
    Chairman of the Management Board / CEO of Messe Berlin GmbH
  • 2014 - 2023
    Chief Executive Officer, Potsdam Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • 2011 - 2014
    Secretary General - Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
  • 2000 - 2010
    German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (bitkom) - Division Manager, from 2005 Member of the Executive Board Technologies & Services
  • since 2015
    Honorary Professor Technical University Braunschweig
  • 2000 and 2007
    Doctorates in natural sciences (TU Braunschweig) and political science (FU Berlin)
  • 1971
    Born in Wolfenbüttel

Dirk Hoffmann

Dirk Hoffmann

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Brief biography

  • Since September 2023 Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer of Messe Berlin
  • 2015 – 2022 Managing Director, CFO of Messe Berlin GmbH
  • 2009 – 2015
    ImmobilienScout24, Berlin – MD, COO
  • 2001 – 2009
    Fox Mobile/Jamba, Berlin – CFO/since 2005 MD
  • 1998 - 2000
    Management Consultant – BMBF/WHU
  • 1994 - 1997
    Booz Allen & Hamilton (today Strategy&/PwC), Munich – Management Consultant
  • 1993
    MBA – University of Texas at Austin (USA)
  • 1988 - 1992
    Dipl.-Kfm. (Master’s degree in Business Admin./Management) – WHU Koblenz (Otto Beisheim School of Management) with studies in USA and Canada
  • 1969 born in Cologne

Supervisory Board

Dr. Eric Schweitzer

Dr. Eric
Schweizer

Chairman

Member of the Shareholders' Committee of

ALBA Group, Berlin

Franziska Giffey

Franziska
Giffey

First Deputy Chairman

Mayor of Berlin and Senator

Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises, Berlin

Ulrike Brabant

Ulrike
Brabant

Second Deputy Chairwoman

Unit-Manager Technical Orders/IT Services

MB Capital Services GmbH, Berlin

Employee representative


Djamila Amani

Djamila
Amani

Architect,Head of Construction and Property Management Department

Messe Berlin GmbH, Berlin

Employee representative

Christian Andresen

Christian
Andresen

President

The Hotel and Restaurant Association Berlin e.V. (DEHOGA Berlin), Berlin

Thomas Blisse

Thomas
Blisse

Degree in Business Informatics

Messe Berlin GmbH, Berlin

Employee representative

Carine Chardon

<span>Carine</span> <br />Chardon

Carine
Chardon

Managing Director

Home Appliances and Consumer Electronics Sections

Jan Eder

Jan
Eder

CEO

CCI Berlin, Berlin

Carla Eysel

Clara
Eysel

Chief Human Resources Officer / Chief nursing Officer

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin

Ulrike Niggemann

Ulrike
Niggemann

Managing Director

Fruitnet Media International GmbH, Düsseldorf

Heike Noack

Heike
Noack

Chairwoman of the Works Council of Capital Catering GmbH Assistant Operation Manager Service

Capital Catering GmbH, Berlin

Employee representative

Joachim Rukwied

Joachim
Rukwied

President

German Farmers’ Association (DBV), Berlin

Subsidiaries and investments

Messe-Berlin GmbH: Subsidiaries& Shareholdings