Executive Board
Members of the Executive Board (March 2018)
René Kamm
Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
René Kamm studied economics at the University of Basel and then held various management positions in Switzerland and abroad in both the consumer goods sector (including Unilever) and the watch industry (including Tag Heuer). He joined the then Messe Basel in 1999, as General Manager Art and Luxury Products Shows. He was appointed CEO of the MCH Group on 1 January 2003 and also headed the Exhibitions Division. From 2005 to 2012 René Kamm was Vice-President (2009 President) of the European Major Exhibition Centres Association EMECA. He is a member of the Board of the Union of International Fairs (Union des Foires Internationales) and a member of Winter Holding AG, Engelberg.
- Place of residence: Riehen
- Date of birth: 10.02.1960
- Nationality: CH
- EB member since 01.10.1999
Christophe Biollaz
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Christophe Biollaz joined MCH Group Ltd. on 1 December 2013 as a member of the Executive Board and took on the post of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on 1 January 2014. After completing his studies as a business economist, he worked in managerial positions and as CFO in Switzerland, Austria, Japan and Australia, for companies including Novartis, Syngenta, Hero, Lindt & Sprüngli and the Oettinger Davidoff Group.
- Place of residence: Therwil
- Date of birth: 15.03.1968
- Nationality: CH
- EB member since 01.12.2013
Jean-Marc Devaud
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Live Marketing Solutions
Jean-Marc Devaud joined Expomobilia in 2008, taking on the post of managing director in 2010. With a view to his taking on this post, he was appointed a member of the Executive Board of the MCH Group on 1 January 2009. Today, he is head of the Live Marketing Solutions Division. Before joining Expomobilia AG, Jean-Marc Devaud, who is a graduate in marketing studies and holds an Executive MBA from the University of Zurich, worked in senior positions in marketing and sales (including at Henkel-Ecolab Ltd.).
- Place of residence: Binningen
- Date of birth: 05.10.1964
- Nationality: CH
- EB member since 01.01.2009
Peter Holenstein
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Events Switzerland & Venues
Peter Holenstein came to Messe Basel in 1984 and has been a member of the Executive Board of the current MCH Group since 1998. As a graduate in advertising and marketing studies, he first held responsibility for communications and then for corporate development and the management of the Venues Division which was expanded into the Events Switzerland & Venues Division on 1 January 2018. He is a member of the Board of Directors at Parkhaus Messe Zürich AG and is on the Board of Basel Tourism.
- Place of residence: Muttenz
- Date of birth: 09.11.1959
- Nationality: CH
- EB member since 01.01.1998
Stephan Peyer
Chief Development Officer (CDO)
Stephan Payer studied economics at the University of St. Gallen and then held high-level posts in different companies in the consumer goods sector (including Unilever), in IT (including Compaq) and in the luxury goods segment (including Movado). In 2001 he was a co-founder of the Vendbridge Growth Architects AG consultancy in Zurich, working as an independent consultant in marketing and sales until joining what is now the MCH Group. From 2007 to 2013 he was Head of Trade Fairs and Consumer Shows before becoming Chief Development Officer (CDO).
- Place of residence: Zollikon
- Date of birth: 17.09.1964
- Nationality: CH / FR
- EB member since 01.01.2007
Changes
Christophe Biollaz, Head of Finance & Administration and a member of the Executive Board, has taken the decision to leave the MCH Group in the course of the coming year, at his own request, and to take on new professional challenges. He will be continuing in his function until a successor has been arranged and will ensure a smooth transition. The Board of Directors and management greatly regret the forthcoming departure of Christophe Biollaz. They would like to thank him for his high-level commitment and the valuable inputs he has contributed to the MCH Group over the past four years, and especially for boosting the group’s financial competence and for his active participation in the strategic realignment of the company.
Permitted activities as per § 36 of the Statutes of MCH Group Ltd.
- a) In legal entities listed in the commercial register: 8
- b) In legal entities listed in the commercial register with a charitable, public or public-utility purpose: 8
