CSM Worldwide Adds Director of European Business Development, Opens Frankfurt Office

FRANKFURT, Germany, April 15 -- CSM Worldwide, the global leader in providing market foresight to the automotive industry, is pleased to announce Jens-U. Hahn has joined the firm as European business development director.

Hahn will be responsible for sales, customer service and marketing of CSM Worldwide products and services to European-based clients. He will be based at a new CSM office in Frankfurt: CSM Worldwide GmbH, Hanauer Landstrasse 186, 60314 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; phone +49 (69) 94 94 30-80; fax +49 (69) 94 94 30-83.

Prior to joining CSM, Hahn was a financial consultant for Porsche Deutschland GmbH. In this function he directed knowledge management projects and developed strategies and plans for the Porsche dealer network in Germany. Additional experience includes co-founding and promoting a start-up company and providing analysis on entering European markets for Honda Europe.

Hahn holds a Commercial Diploma and a bachelor of business administration.

CSM Worldwide supports more than 350 automotive suppliers with global market intelligence and forecasting services. With corporate offices in Detroit, CSM Worldwide covers the global automotive environment from London, Brussels, Frankfurt, Prague, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai and New Delhi.