Management & Supervisory Board
The Managment
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
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
Chairman
Member of the Shareholders' Committee of
ALBA Group, Berlin
Franziska
Giffey
First Deputy Chairman
Mayor of Berlin and Senator
Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises, Berlin
Ulrike
Brabant
Second Deputy Chairwoman
Unit-Manager Technical Orders/IT Services
MB Capital Services GmbH, Berlin
Employee representative
Djamila
Amani
Architect,Head of Construction and Property Management Department
Messe Berlin GmbH, Berlin
Employee representative
Thomas
Blisse
Degree in Business Informatics
Messe Berlin GmbH, Berlin
Employee representative
Henner Bunde
Permanent Secretary ret.
Carine
Chardon
Managing Director Home Appliances/Consumer Electronics Sections
Director Consumer Division
Jan
Eder
CEO
CCI Berlin, Berlin
Clara
Eysel
Chief Human Resources Officer / Chief nursing Officer
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin
Ulrike
Niggemann
Managing Director
Fruitnet Media International GmbH, Düsseldorf
Heike
Noack
Chairwoman of the Works Council of Capital Catering GmbH Assistant Operation Manager Service
Capital Catering GmbH, Berlin
Employee representative
Joachim
Rukwied
President
German Farmers’ Association (DBV), Berlin