UFI appoints Andreas Gruchow as president 2017

ANDREAS Gruchow of Deutsche Messe was appointed president of UFI for 2017 at a meeting of the UFI board of directors in Istanbul this week.

His appointment is effective after the 82nd UFI Annual Congress in Milan, which runs from November 4-7.

As a member of the UFI executive committee since 2011, Gruchow has been actively involved in driving the association’s overall strategy and in his new role will work closely with the UFI president and outgoing president as part of the presidential trio.

With Gruchow’s appointment, the presidential for this year is made up of: Sergey Alexeev (ExpoForum-International, Russia), president 2015-2016; Andreas Gruchow, (Deutsche Messe AG), incoming president; and Andrés Lopez-Valderrama (Corferias, Colombia), outgoing president.

Andrés Lopez-Valderrama, current UFI president, who welcomed the election of Gruchow, said in a statement: “Andreas represents one of the world’s leading trade fair organisations and has played a very full and energetic role in his position as a member of UFI’s Executive Committee.

“We are all convinced that he will carry over this enthusiasm into his future presidency of UFI in 2017 and, in the meantime, will provide great support to Sergey Alexeev during his presidency next year. I look forward to working with both of them.”

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