As of September 2016, Patrick Nohilly will be the new Co-President of Messe Frankfurt Inc., the US subsidiary of the Messe Frankfurt Group. Nohilly will be taking over from Kathryn Fitts, who left the company to pursue a new professional direction. In the well-established joint management system, he will oversee the Atlanta subsidiary’s business together with Dennis Smith who will be continuing as Co-President and CEO.

Nohilly’s responsibilities will be to focus mainly on the area of Finance & Administration.

Detlef Braun, Member of the Executive Board of Messe Frankfurt, said, “We are delighted to have Patrick on board – in him, Messe Frankfurt has an experienced manager and financial expert from the event sector with extensive knowledge of the North American market.”

Nohilly previously held various management positions encompassing Finance, M&A and Media Operations at multinational media and event group UBM between 1999 and 2015, most recently as Senior Vice President Central Operations and Finance in New York.

Source: Messe Frankfurt