TradeKosmos AG Appoints Jochen Witt As Chair of its Advisory Board for the Event & Exhibition Industry*
Jochen Witt was born in 1952. After completing his law studies, he worked as a lawyer in Hamburg.
Until today he has worked successfully in various top positions.
- In 1993 he was appointed President of the Potash Company of Canada in Toronto.
- From October 1998 until April 2007 he held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Koelnmesse GmbH, Germany.
- Jochen Witt was Chairman of the European Chapter of the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI) from 1999 to 2005.
- From October 2006 to October 2007 he was President of UFI - Global Association of the Exhibition Industry.
- Since September 2007 he is the owner of jwc, an international management consulting firm.
"Jochen brings the expertise and track record of a successful CEO, along with the hands-on business experience of a seasoned operations executive," said Oliver Höfele, CEO of TradeKosmos AG. "This strong combination of skills and experience will be an important addition to TradeKosmos's ongoing efforts to increase value for our customers and partners in the sector of event, tradeshow and exhibition. On behalf of all my colleagues at TradeKosmos, we welcome Jochen to the team."
Jochen Witt added: “TradeKosmos AG is a highly innovative company with a great management team. They are leaders in IT based Business Relationship Management Solutions and provide top creative products for the trade fair and event industry. Their services will change the way trade fair companies do business today. I am excited about the opportunities this company offers to the trade fair and event industry.”
About TradeKosmos AG:
TradeKosmos AG is a Swiss technology company for development, operation and service of enterprise software applications and solutions, as well as, of high quality project management, business development and IT-Services. TradeKosmos is a market and technology leader in on-demand Business Relationship Management platform services. The company's portfolio of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) enterprise applications allows customers to build, manage and share Premium Business Portal platforms (PaaS) on-demand.
TradeKosmos.Net, the world’s first on-demand Premium Business Community platform (CaaS), enables customers and partners to build powerful on-demand applications to deliver the benefits of multi-tenancy and premium functionality across the business community. The TradeKosmos Platform allows components to be easily shared, exchanged and installed. Customers can also take advantage of training, support, consulting and best practices offerings. TradeKosmos AG has a international customer base and consistently targets the global market with its performances and offers an extensive partner network. TradeKosmos AG, press(at)TradeKosmos.com, www.TradeKosmos.com
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