Bidding farewell to Spielwarenmesse eG: Ernst Kick and Dr. Hans-Juergen Richter step down from the Executive Board at the end of June

Dr. Hans-Juergen Richter joined the Spielwarenmesse eG's Executive Board in 2005 and has primarily been responsible for legal and membership matters. For six months in 2002, the lawyer acted as interim CEO of Spielwarenmesse eG until Ernst Kick took over the role. In 2013, the two board members set another milestone in the company's history by registering Spielwarenmesse as a word mark with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office. Dr.Hans-Juergen Richterjoined the Spielwarenmesse eG's...

Dr. Hans-Juergen Richter joined the Spielwarenmesse eG's Executive Board in 2005 and has primarily been responsible for legal and membership matters. For six months in 2002, the lawyer acted as interim CEO of Spielwarenmesse eG until Ernst Kick took over the role. In 2013, the two board members set another milestone in the company's history by registering Spielwarenmesse as a word mark with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.

Their final year in office turned out very differently for both Ernst Kick and Dr. Hans-Juergen Richter. Mr Kick commented: "We would have liked to say goodbye to all our long-standing colleagues in person." Instead, the pandemic confronted them with a whole host of unprecedented challenges. New concepts had to be developed, digitalisation accelerated. Their successors, who have been recruited in-house, have been heavily involved in these processes. Christian Ulrich, Florian Hess and Jens Pflüger will be taking over the helm of Spielwarenmesse eG on 1 July. Mr Kick concludes: "Dr. Richter and I are very confident that the new three-member board will steer Spielwarenmesse eG into a successful future, building on its role as a driving force within the industry – we firmly believe in the continued need for and benefits of trade fairs."

Spielwarenmesse eG

Spielwarenmesse eG is the fair organizer and marketing services provider for the toy sector and other consumer goods markets. The Nuremberg company organizes the world-leading Spielwarenmesse^®in Nuremberg, Kids India in Mumbai and Insights-X in Nuremberg. The range of services provided by the cooperative also includes industry campaigns and the international fair programme, World of Toys by Spielwarenmesse eG, which enables manufacturers to exhibit at pavilions featured at trade fairs in Asia and Russia. Spielwarenmesse eG operates a worldwide network of representatives in over 90 countries. It also has several subsidiaries, including Spielwarenmesse Shanghai Co., Ltd., responsible for the People's Republic of China and Spielwarenmesse India Pvt. Ltd., covering the Indian market. The cooperative holds a majority stake in the Russian exhibition company Grand Expo, which organizes Kids Russia in Moscow. Die roten Reiter GmbH subsidiary with headquarters in Nuremberg works as communication agency for the consumer and capital goods industry. The complete company profile of Spielwarenmesse eG can be seen on the Internet at www.spielwarenmesse-eg.com.

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