Editor-in-chief at German publishing magazine Börsenblatt Torsten Casimir will become spokesperson for the trade show in mid-January. He will manage the communications department and develop content and partnerships.
Frankfurt’s president and CEO Juergen Boos said, “I’m really glad to have persuaded Torsten Casimir to join the team in this new role and to know that he’ll be at my side as a discussion partner in the coming years.
“With his network and his openness to new paths, together we will strengthen Frankfurter Buchmesse and make it fit for the future. We are sharpening our profile as the forum where the key, relevant debates of our time converge and where the brightest, most creative minds in publishing meet.”