MCH Group: Bernd Stadlwieser new CEO
The new CEO of the MCH Group is Bernd Stadlwieser and has a great deal of experience in the watch and art industries. This indicates the profile that the MCH Group has been looking for over a period of almost four months: someone who can save the flagship Baselworld.
And why not? The watch industry has recovered from an economic recession and is once again posting record figures. However, old-economy thinking will not be enough to save the flagship at the exhibition center; the changes, primarily in the digital sector, are happening too quickly. Then, with the exception of Swiss Moto and Giardina, both at Messe Zürich, virtually all public and trade shows in Switzerland are in decline, in some cases dramatically. His task seems easiest in the international sector, where the MCH Group has been highly successful over the past 10 years. But even here, the trees don't grow to the sky. The concept of building on the competence in the art sector with the second flagship Art in Basel, and of promoting regional art fairs, i.e. taking them over, has already been abandoned in the wake of the MCH Group's economic downturn. After holding various management positions at Swarovski, Bernd Stadlwieser worked for the Thomas Sabo Group from 2003 to 2014, first as Managing Director Switzerland and the UK, and from 2006 as Group CEO. From 2014 to 2017, he was Group CEO of Avenso (Lumas, White Wall) before joining Mondaine Watch as Group CEO in December 2017. Bernd Stadlwieser is an Austrian citizen and lives in Rüschlikon (Canton of Zurich).
The big interview with Bernd Stadlwieser will follow in the print edition of EXPODATA LIVE KOMMUNIKATION on April 11 after he takes office.
