Anne Schumacher (37) will become the new Vice President in charge of Koelnmesse’s Food and Food Technology area of expertise as of 15 July 2018. In her new position she will be responsible for the trade fairs Anuga, ISM, Eu’Vend & coffeena, veganfach, Anuga FoodTec and ProSweets Cologne within Koelnmesse’s portfolio of events in Cologne. She will also be responsible for the overarching strategy and communication of the entire Koelnmesse segment “Global Competence in Food and FoodTec”, including the respective trade fairs held outside Germany.

Anne Schumacher most recently occupied a position at the international trade fair organizer UBM EMEA in Amsterdam. There she gathered extensive experience in the trade fair and event sector. Ms Schumacher will succeed Dietmar Eiden, who headed this segment since 2012 and left the Group at the beginning of 2018 at his own request in order to take on new professional challenges.