New divisional manager for Koelnmesse

Metin Ergül, 37, is the new divisional manager for home, garden and leisure at Koelnmesse GmbH, which means he will be responsible for the International Hardware Fair/Practical World as well as the twin Gafa/Spoga fairs. Mr Ergül is the successor to Klaus Wellmann, who changed over to the Friedrichshafen trade fair organisation as its managing director in May. Europe's major bike business fair, IFMA, and the Asia-Pacific Sourcing fairs are some of the events that now fall within the scope of Mr Ergül's responsibilities.