Generational change for special exhibition organizer trendfairs: Christopher Boss appointed as new Managing Director

New inspiration for special exhibition organizer trendfairs: From 1 January 2026, Christopher Boss, 40, will succeed founder Michael Rambach at the helm of the company. After heading trendfairs for more than 15 years, Rambach is stepping aside to focus on new personal projects and will transfer his shares in the company to NürnbergMesse as shareholder. “For many years, Christopher Boss has been a dedicated member of the NürnbergMesse management, and combines experience with a strategic outlook,” comments Dr Maximilian Maier, VP Strategy & Portfolio at NürnbergMesse. “We are pleased that he and his team will take trendfairs successfully forward, and that he will make full use of the wide range of synergies available within the NürnbergMesse Group.” Boss is also looking forward to the new challenges: “Like NürnbergMesse, trendfairs embodies a strong team spirit, close customer relationships and entrepreneurial drive. My thanks go to Michael Rambach and NürnbergMesse for the confidence they have shown in me, and I will build on trendfairs’ success with renewed energy.”

Christopher Boss comes with extensive experience in the exhibition sector and within the NürnbergMesse Group itself: Following ten years at Messe Karlsruhe, he has spent an equal period in leading roles at NürnbergMesse, most recently as Executive Director of the leading international trade fair EUROGUSS and as Managing Director of MedtecLIVE GmbH. 

Until he takes on his new role, Boss will continue to head EUROGUSS, Europe’s largest trade fair for all aspects of die casting and die casting processes. Together with his team he will lay the groundwork to ensure the event, scheduled for 13-15 January 2026, runs smoothly and successfully. Both EUROGUSS and MedtecLIVE will provide information about the arrangements for Boss’s successor(s) in due course. 

Marcel Mönkemöller will succeed Boss as a member of the Supervisory Board of NürnbergMesse GmbH. 
 

^{About trendfairs
trendfairs is a successful organizer of top-level B2B exhibitions in the Interior, Lifestyle and Technology sectors. In 2024 it was incorporated into the globally active NürnbergMesse Group as a subsidiary, and since then it has benefited from the NürnbergMesse network and the shared expertise and development opportunities offered by the Group. At the same time, trendfairs continues to operate as an autonomous organizer of special exhibitions with a staff of ten.}

^{About NürnbergMesse Group
The NürnbergMesse Group was entered in the commercial register on 5 April 1974 as Nürnberger Messe- und Ausstellungsgesellschaft mbH (NMA) and is now one of the 15 largest exhibition companies worldwide. The Group employs more than 1,200 people at 15 international locations in Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Brazil, China, India and the USA. It also has a network of international representatives in more than 100 other countries. Its portfolio comprises around 120 on-site and online events focusing on five main areas: Retail & Consumer Goods, Building & Construction, Process Technology, Electronics & Security, and Social & Public. Overall, its events secure more than 12,000 jobs and generate billions of euros in purchasing power and tax revenue every year, making NürnbergMesse a major economic driver for the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region and Germany as a whole. As an employer and organiser of major events, NürnbergMesse takes its responsibilities for people and the environment seriously. Its business activities are aligned with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the aim of achieving a CO2-neutral energy supply by 2028.}