New MD for Hannover Fairs Australia

DEUTSCHE Messe AG has recently announced the appointment of Harvey Stockbridge as new managing director for Hannover Fairs Australia Pty. Ltd, ITS subsidiary in Australia.

 

Mr. Stockbridge will be organizing Australian events such as CeBIT Australia, CeMAT Australia, and the GovInnovate Summit beginning March 1. He will also assume responsibility for introducing Australian exhibitors and visitors to Deutsche Messe's worldwide event portfolio and Deutsche Messe AG’s further growth plans in Australia.

 

"I am very excited to join Hannover Fairs Australia at a time when there is a clear agenda for growth in addition to further cementing CeBIT Australia's enviable position as the region's leading Business Technology event. I look forward to introducing myself to our partners, supporters, visitors, and exhibitors at my earliest opportunity," Mr. Stockbridge said.

 

Mr. Stockbridge served as managing director at Informa Exhibitions Australia, a subsidiary of the London-based international media group. He was also sales director for IIR Telecoms & Technology, a global conference organizer serving the telecommunications industry. He worked for the leading scientific and technical publisher, The Institute of Physics Publishing, before his stint with IIR Telecoms.

 

Dr. Andreas Gruchow, member of the Managing Board at Deutsche Messe AG, said: "We are pleased that with Harvey Stockbridge we have an experienced event industry and trade fair professional on board. Australia is an important market for Deutsche Messe. In 2002, we founded CeBIT Australia, the most successful trade fair for information and communications technology in Asia- Pacific." 

 

Goetz Doermann, chairman of Hannover Fairs Australia and senior vice president at Deutsche Messe AG, said: "With CeMAT Australia, we offer the materials handling and logistics branch for the first time its own platform in the region. With the GovInnovate Conference we have taken over a further growth field, digital services for government. Harvey Stockbridge has a wealth of experience in Sales and Marketing as well as a substantial network of political and business contacts."