30.07.2010 Messe Frankfurt appoints Klaus Münster-Müller to the Group’s extended Board of Management

Klaus Münster-Müller (52) is taking on new responsibilities within the Messe Frankfurt Group. Münster-Müller, who has been Vice President of Controlling, Development and Finance, will now be Chief of Finance in the extended Board of Management with immediate effect.

“It is important to us and to our shareholders that we have outstanding financial expertise in a central location within the Group,” said Wolfgang Marzin, Chairman of the Board of Management of Messe Frankfurt, “and with Klaus Münster-Müller, we have one of the exhibition industry’s top experts.” The appointment of Münster-Müller completes the formation of Messe Frankfurt's extended Board of Management, which is now comprised of Board members Wolfgang Marzin, Detlef Braun and Uwe Behm, the Managing Director of Messe Frankfurt Asia Holding, Stephan Buurma, and Klaus Münster-Müller.

Münster-Müller studied Economics and Business Administration at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg, and has been working for Messe Frankfurt for more than 22 years. After joining the company in 1988 as an assistant to the Board of Management, he held a number of management positions in Messe Frankfurt’s commercial operations, and has been Vice President of Controlling, Development and Finance for the past six years.

Klaus Münster-Müller, who was born in the Bavarian town of Amberg, is married and has two children.

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Background information on Messe Frankfurt

Messe Frankfurt is Germany’s largest trade fair organiser, with 424 million euros in sales and more than 1,660 employees worldwide. The Messe Frankfurt Group has a global network of 28 subsidiaries, five branch offices and 52 international Sales Partners, giving it a presence for its customers in more than 150 countries. Events “made by Messe Frankfurt” take place at more than 30 locations around the globe. In 2009, Messe Frankfurt organised more than 90 trade fairs, of which more than half took place outside Germany. Comprising an area of 578,000 square metres, Messe Frankfurt’s exhibition grounds are currently home to ten exhibition halls and an adjacent CongressCenter. The company is publicly owned, with the City of Frankfurt holding 60 percent and the State of Hesse 40 percent.For more information, please visit our website at: www.messefrankfurt.com