Klaus Dittrich (Manager)

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Klaus Dittrich (born April 14, 1955 in Gauting ) is a German manager and former Bavarian senator. Since 2010 he has been Chairman of the Management Board of Messe München GmbH and spokesman for the Messe München International group and in this role also responsible for the overall management and coordination of the Messe München group. Since 2017 he has also held the office of chairman of the Society for Voluntary Control of Fair and Exhibition Statistics (FKM) .

Career

School and study

Dittrich attended elementary school, the modern language high school in Starnberg and the Wittelsbacher high school in Munich , where he passed his Abitur in 1974. He studied German, history and political science (MA) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich . From 1980 he worked as a clerk at the Bavarian State Library in Munich.

Union work and politics

From 1982 Dittrich worked in various functions in the association, for example as state youth secretary of the DGB , chairman of the DGB district in Munich and deputy state chairman of the DGB Bavaria.

As a member of the supervisory and administrative boards of various industrial and service companies such as Luitpoldhütte Amberg , KraussMaffei AG, Münchener Technologiezentrum GmbH and AOK Bayern , he gained extensive business and industry experience.

From 1990 to 1995 Dittrich was a member of the city ​​council of the state capital Munich . In the Committee for Labor and Economics as well as the Committee for Urban Planning and Building Regulations, he was involved in the preparation and design of the trade fair relocation to Riem. From October 1, 1997 until its dissolution in 1999, Dittrich was a member of the Bavarian Senate for the trade unions group.

Manager at Messe München

After Dittrich joined the company as deputy managing director at Messe München GmbH in April 2002, he was appointed managing director in February 2003. Among other things, he was responsible for the trade fairs for the New Technologies division and for the company's human resources. Since 2010, Klaus Dittrich has been the successor to Manfred Wutzlhofer as Chairman of the Management Board at Messe München.

Under his leadership, Messe München continued the internationalization it had already started, developed into the second-largest German and sixth-largest trade fair organizer worldwide, and expanded its trade fair portfolio to include one of the most important international automotive trade fairs in 2020 when it was awarded the bid to host the IAA for cars .

further activities

In addition to his work as Chairman of the Management Board of Messe München , Klaus Dittrich is responsible for the bauma trade fair , the trade fairs and services combined under the ISPO umbrella brand , as well as Inhorgenta and Expo Real . He is also a member of the management of the Gesellschaft für Handwerksmessen (GHM) , a trade fair organizer belonging to the group of companies.

Dittrich is also active in national and international organizations in the trade fair industry, including as chairman of the Society for Voluntary Control of Trade Fair and Exhibition Statistics (FKM) , as a board member of the Exhibition and Trade Fair Committee of German Business (AUMA) and as a member of the Board of Directors of the World Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI) .

Private

Klaus Dittrich is married and has two grown children.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c CV of Klaus Dittrich. (PDF) Chairman of the Management Board of Messe München GmbH. Messe München, accessed on April 22, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Elections to the FKM board: Klaus Dittrich remains chairman. Press release. FKM, December 9, 2019, accessed April 22, 2020 .
  3. ↑ DGB Vice Klaus Dittrich will take up the position of trade fair manager in April. Interview with Klaus Dittrich. Welt, December 4, 2001, accessed April 22, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Gabriele Mühlthaler: Old hand becomes trade fair boss. www.hallo-muenchen.de, September 24, 2009, accessed April 22, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Otto Fritscher: Dittrich prevails. Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 17, 2010, accessed on April 22, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Messe München expands foreign business. Welt, July 9, 1999, accessed April 22, 2020 .
  7. ^ Messe München with a new record year. www.br.de, May 28, 2019, accessed on April 22, 2020 .
  8. ↑ World fair market - sales of the fair companies. Key figures for the trade fair industry in 2018. AUMA, May 28, 2019, accessed on April 22, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Best year in history: Messe München with dream sales. www.br.de, January 14, 2020, accessed on April 22, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Gabriele Mühlthaler: Munich trade fair boss believes in a chance at the IAA. Abendzeitung München, January 20, 2020, accessed on April 22, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Olaf Preuss: Seven cities are fighting for the IAA. Welt, January 20, 2020, accessed April 22, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Thomas Magenheim: IAA in Munich: Exhibitors want to attract visitors with a new concept. Berliner Zeitung, January 20, 2020, accessed on April 22, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Munich is awarded the contract for the next IAA auto show. FAZ, March 3, 2020, accessed on April 22, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Our company. GHM, accessed April 22, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Board of Directors. AUMA, accessed on April 22, 2020 .
  16. ↑ UFI Board of Directors 2017-2020. (PDF) UFI, accessed on April 22, 2020 (English).
  17. ↑ List of holders of the Federal Order of Merit (Federal President's Office)
personal data
SURNAME Dittrich, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian Senator
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Gauting