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HIGH END SOCIETY Service GmbH announces a change in its management: effective 1 October 2026, Ali Ibrahim will take over as Managing Director of the trade show organiser. He succeeds Manuel Pinke, who is stepping down from his role as Managing Director for personal reasons.

Manuel Pinke reached this decision after careful consideration. The association expressly respects this step and thanks Manuel Pinke for his openness in handling it and for his exceptional commitment during a particularly important period for HIGH END SOCIETY. “We fully respect Manuel Pinke’s decision and thank him for his outstanding work, his integrity and his great personal commitment. He achieved a great deal in a short space of time and, with the successful relocation of HIGH END to Vienna, sent a strong signal for the future of our show,” says Jürgen Timm, Chairman of the Board of HIGH END SOCIETY e.V. During his tenure, Manuel Pinke set important impulses and played a key role in the smooth relocation of HIGH END to Vienna. With personal dedication and great professionalism, he helped to further strengthen the show’s international standing and to lay important groundwork for the years ahead.

With Ali Ibrahim, the choice of new Managing Director has once again fallen on an experienced member of the organiser’s own team. The 31-year-old event manager began his apprenticeship in office management with a focus on event management at HIGH END SOCIETY Service GmbH in 2016 and has been with the company ever since. He brings extensive experience in trade show organisation and planning to the role, along with sound commercial expertise. He has also been responsible for the marketing budget for HIGH END and all other shows for many years and has deepened his knowledge in journalism and media relations. Ali Ibrahim values the trust placed in him and underlines the particular significance of his new position: “For me, this is more than a new role: I am taking on responsibility not only for a company that has shaped me for many years, but also for the people I have worked alongside for a long time. On that basis, I want to shape the years ahead with a clear direction – for our exhibitors, our visitors and the industry as a whole.”

About HIGH END SOCIETY

HIGH END SOCIETY Service GmbH is a separate subsidiary of the HIGH END SOCIETY Association for High Quality Audio and Video Reproduction. The company manages all of the association's commercial projects. In addition to organizing the leading international audio trade fair HIGH END, HIGH END SOCIETY also hosts the FINEST AUDIO SHOW, IPS, and WORLD OF HEADPHONES exhibitions.