Management and Culture

Florian Faber, Swiss and German dual national, I am married and have two children. My family and I have lived in Switzerland for just under 14 years, and that's how long I've been a member of the MCH Group.

I love spending time with family and friends while having a nice BBQ in the garden or cooking together in the kitchen of our home near Zurich.

My family is always at the center, followed by friends, whom we like to invite over for a barbecue in our garden. Time is such a valuable and rare commodity, which is why I prefer to spend it with these people and enjoy every second of it. Equally, I have a great passion for the MCH Group with all its colleagues around the globe, which I have had the privilege of managing in various positions and parts of the company for 14 years.

I see it as my task, together with my colleagues and in coordination with the Board of Directors, to lead the MCH Group into a successful future by giving all team members what they need to be successful. MCH as a group is unique and I am convinced that we have only scratched the surface in terms of cross-divisional cooperation. Our prospects for success are very motivating and continue to inspire me to embrace and expand my role within the company.

As a family man, I try to instill respect, honesty, transparency, and fairness in my children as cornerstones of my value framework. In my work environment, I value absolute teamwork and the exchange of ideas, knowledge and know-how transfer. I try to create an environment where we all stay inquisitive, encourage and motivate each other and always think in the best interest of the whole Group.

Michael Hüsler, from Basel, married with one daughter. I joined MCH Group in January 2021 as Group CFO.

Playing the saxophone (in a Big Band), spending time with my family including our dog, a Gordon Setter, as well as with friends. I enjoy good food and wine, travelling, and sports (jogging, mountain biking, skiing).

To support the further development of MCH as part of the management team, in a first step in financially stabilizing MCH Group, and then by helping to implement the growth plan. I joined the company because I think it has great potential and a lot of great talents. I very much enjoy working with all my colleagues!

Teamwork, openness, honesty, enthusiasm, curiosity; these values match very well with the MCH Corporate Values, which we defined together as a Management Team.

Susann Zumstein, born in Basel, married and Chief People Officer for the MCH Group.

Love my everyday life - be it my work with its various challenges, sports (Nordic walking, World Jumping, hiking), being a member of a Service Club for the Basel region (Kiwanis Basel Merian) or enjoying being together with friends and family in our garden with nice food & wine.

To position MCH as a global employer and to create a cool place to work for our current and future employees.

I strongly believe in constructivism, an approach to learning that holds that people actively construct or make their own knowledge and that reality is determined by the experiences of the learner. This fits wonderfully with one of our values – flexibility.curiosity.innovation.

Sarah Borrey Pérez, born in Basel, Switzerland. Married for 10 years and have two daughters, aged 6.5 and 3. I joined MCH in August 2021 overlooking strategic progress and leading sustainability activities at group level.

I love traveling and discovering new places. Good food and wine are a big part of my life, that I share with my husband and my closest friends. Enjoying music in every form, live in concerts, dancing or just by myself commuting to work. When I get the time, I read or do yoga.

I believe in achieving great results as a team, I am committed to being an honest sparring partner and enabler to my peers and colleagues at MCH Group across all regions.

Respect, integrity, and diversity are my personal values which align perfectly with our MCH set of values.

Jonathan Isenring, I joined MCH Group in June 2021, Head of Group Business Development and Innovation

I spend a lot of my time either outdoors, playing tennis, hiking, or on a small motorboat on lake Zurich, or in the kitchen, baking and cooking all kinds of different things. I am a true host and love to invite friends and family to treat them to great food and wine.

I am passionate about building and developing and am driven by my insatiable curiosity. I am a strong believer that this is the foundation for making progress, creating new opportunities, and therefore driving growth. I am looking forward to bringing my entrepreneurial and problem-solving mindset and can-do attitude to the management team, and also to the entire company. This constitutes my contribution to making MCH Group future-proof.

I am a true team player. I am convinced that great things happen when a group of diverse and dedicated people come together. I'll therefore aim to encourage and actively foster collaboration across the group even more.

Don Lee, Ubased in the USA with a global mindset. Husband and father of three children. 25 years in the live events and experiential industry across top global brands and agencies.

Being outside with my family and dog in the snow, water, or mountains - depending on the season.

As CEO of MC², I seek to enable our team at every level to achieve their full potential and fulfillment. I strive to be a leader in mutual sharing and implementation of operational excellence and best practices across the global organization to add value to every business unit.

Trust, Transparency, and Purpose. In my personal and professional life, these values drive fulfillment in my work, meaningful relationships, and clear concise decision making.

Noah Horowitz, from the USA, I live in Brooklyn. I have a PhD in art history, wrote a book called "Art of the Deal", and spent more than a decade in the art fair space before commencing my new role as the CEO of Art Basel.

I love art, of course, and the ultimate privilege of running Art Basel is that life and work fuse seamlessly – there's nothing better than visiting galleries in different cities and meeting the unique personalities, artists, and communities behind them. I also enjoy cooking, and Louise and I love hosting dinners at our apartment in Park Slope whenever we can, ably assisted by our daughter Sif, 9, the enterprising baker, and our son Leo, 6, the entertaining night owl. I bring my jogging shoes wherever I travel and passionately support the perennially underachieving New York Mets and New York Jets, and occasionally overachieving Chelsea FC.

As the CEO, my goal is to consolidate and amplify the position of Art Basel as a globally leading platform for modern and contemporary art and forge ahead with our digital initiatives, as we further develop Art Basel and deliver on the company’s ambitious growth plans at our home base in Switzerland as well as internationally.

In our line of work, personal relationships, commitment to excellence, and integrity are paramount, and I look forward to building a culture that leads by example, takes nothing for granted and treats every interaction with a dose of humility and humanity.

My name is Rob Graven, born in Holland, married with two adult daughters (24 & 27). I joined Expomobilia in 1992 and have had the privilege of working in many different roles and responsibilities, both in project management and as a member of the Management Board. I rejoined MCH Group in August 2022 and was appointed as CEO of Expomobilia in February 2023.

Sailing is my passion, either on my own boat on Lake Constance or on a charter yacht somewhere on blue water. When I am not travelling, I love spending time at home with my family. Furthermore, I love to read, listen to music and hike in nature.

My many years of experience have taught me that in the end it is all about customer satisfaction - whether it is creating the perfect platform for them to showcase their products or helping them achieve their goals by providing structures and services. I am convinced that we have a huge potential as a global Group, and I am looking forward to help finding those synergies within the Team.

I believe that a company is only as good as the people who work there. And that professional fitness and a good work-life balance are key to a healthy working environment. Learning from mistakes, being able to make mistakes. Respect in cooperation. Training our staff, striving for the highest level of value engineering with excellent value for money. On an equal footing; working together in a participative way. As a result, we will be able to achieve an excellent supplier-customer relationship.

Roman Imgrüth, from Basel, Switzerland. I joined MCH Group in 2019, CEO Exhibitions & Events since January 2023.

I'm a family man, married with 2 kids.  I've got a passion for sports (former professional basketball player) and music (Alternative, Hip Hop, Jazz, Afro Jazz, Reggae, etc.).

Make a meaningful contribution to the success of the area I am responsible for, as well as the Group as a whole.

I am a big believer in the phrase "practice what you preach" which relates very well to our "walk the talk" value. Another value that is important to me is "Joy" – we spend a lot of time and energy in our professional lives, so we might as well have fun at it!

Jonas Scharf, from Switzerland, joined MCH in 1999, Deputy CEO Exhibitions & Events 

I am the father of 3 grown-up kids and married to a wonderful wife. I am a foodie and wine lover. I am a keen cyclist, both road cycling and mountain biking, I love the outdoors and I ski a lot in winter. I read a lot and am an avid learner – I find something interesting in pretty much every topic.

I believe in the power of the brands Messe Basel, Messe Zurich and Congress Center Basel and that they will recover with our collective effort. The international reach of MCH Group, with its successful activities on all continents as well as its leading market position in Switzerland is a unique situation, and together we can make much more of it in future. In addition, I am the longest-serving member of the Management Team and I see myself as representative of our long-standing employees.

The most important thing for me is reliability, we should trust each other at all times. In MCH Group culture, this means that we act as one team. Together, we must seek new sources of success for our customers and thus for ourselves, and we should want to be pioneers.

I am Ties Hendriks, from The Netherlands. I joined in June 2017 as Managing Director at MCH Global (Dubai, Zurich, Munich, Amsterdam

I love to live life to the max, I have traveled around the world, lived in 7 countries, and I would dare to say that life is all about experiencing it all. Experience over things! This results in my interest in outdoor activities such as hiking, skiing and water sports, but also cooking food from around the world and of course pairing it with the right wine.

I have learned in 5 years that experiential marketing has a tremendous future and I have been lucky to talk to some of the biggest brands and organizations globally about what experiential means for them in engaging existing and new audiences. I cannot wait to work with this talented group of people to elevate the experiential landscape to unseen new dimensions.

I strongly believe that we learn every day. Not one day do I get up and think I have all the answers. I guess this will be as long as life lasts for me. However, I think we need to be humble enough to admit this, and hungry enough to embrace the challenge to learn and grow.