New member of the group management of Messe Schweiz

Stephan Peyer has been appointed a member of the Group Management of the Swiss Exhibition Group as of January 1, 2007. He succeeds Kurt Frischknecht, who is taking over the management of the European Exhibitions Division. In recent years, Peyer has worked as an independent consultant specializing in marketing and sales. In this capacity, he has held various consulting mandates at Swiss Exhibition. He previously worked for various companies in the consumer goods (including Unilever), IT (including Compaq) and luxury goods (including Movado) sectors.