Patrick Nohilly has been appointed co-president and chief financial officer of Messe Frankfurt Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of the Messe Frankfurt Group, which operates Ambiente.
This September, Nohilly will be taking over from Kathryn Fitts, who left the company to pursue other opportunities. In a joint management system, he will oversee the Atlanta subsidiary’s business together with Dennis Smith who will be continuing as co-president and CEO. His responsibilities include finance and administration.
Nohilly previously held various management positions encompassing finance, mergers and acquisitions and media operations at multinational media and event group UBM between 1999 and 2015, most recently as svp/central operations and finance.
Detlef Braun, member of the executive board of Messe Frankfurt, said, “We are delighted to have Patrick on board. Messe Frankfurt has an experienced manager and financial expert from the event sector with extensive knowledge of the North American market.”