Joachim Kindler named Director Business Development Science & Business Information and Education

On 16 September, Joachim Kindler took on new duties at Frankfurter Buchmesse. As Director Business Development Science & Business Information and Education he will – in close cooperation with customers and partners – work out strategies in these areas, build on existing products and services, and develop new events. Joachim Kindler reports to Holger Volland, Vice President Business Development & Sales at Frankfurter Buchmesse.

After studying English and Romance languages and taking the second state examination in teaching, Joachim Kindler completed marketing and sales training at Klett-WBS. He has many years of sales experience for national and international media companies in the business and science sectors, including the publishing houses Birkhäuser (Basel, Boston, Berlin) and Hermann Schmidt (Mainz). In 2003, Joachim Kindler began working as marketing director for the international Wiley Group, where he carried out various strategic assignments, most recently as Director Researcher Marketing. With his global marketing team, he oversaw more than 800 digital periodicals in all fields – STM and SSH – and developed products and services to support researchers in their dual role as readers and authors.
 

About Frankfurter Buchmesse

Frankfurter Buchmesse is the international publishing industry’s biggest trade fair – with over 7,500 exhibitors from 109 countries, around 285,000 visitors, over 4,000 events and some 10,000 accredited journalists and bloggers in attendance. It is the most important international marketplace for content – from novels and children’s books to academic databases and stories for films, games and virtual reality experiences. Publishing professionals from around the world meet here with partners from the technology sector and from related creative and cultural industries, sparking new partnerships and business models. A strong conference programme ensures that Frankfurter Buchmesse is a major source of inspiration for content experts from around the world. Since 1976, the book fair has featured an annual Guest of Honour country, which showcases its book market, literature and culture to attendees in a variety of ways. Frankfurter Buchmesse organises the participation of German publishers at around 20 international book fairs and hosts trade events throughout the year in major international markets. Frankfurter Buchmesse is a subsidiary of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers & Booksellers Association). https://www.buchmesse.de/en(opens in a new window)

Contact for the media:

Press & Corporate Communication, Frankfurter Buchmesse
Katja Böhne, Vice President Marketing & Communications, Phone: +49 (0) 69 2102-138(opens in a new window), press@buchmesse.de(opens in a new window)
Kathrin Grün, Head of Communications, Phone: +49 (0) 69 2102-170(opens in a new window), gruen@buchmesse.de(opens in a new window)
Frank Krings, PR Manager, Phone: +49 (0) 69 2102-107(opens in a new window), krings@buchmesse.de(opens in a new window)

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