The Management Board

Olaf Koch

Chairman of the Management Board

Areas of responsibility

Corporate Communications, Corporate Public Policy, Corporate Development including strategy and M&A, Corporate Legal Affairs & Compliance, Corporate Office, Corporate Investor Relations, responsibility for the METRO Wholesale country organisations in: Bulgaria, Germany including Rungis Express, Croatia, Moldova, Austria, Serbia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania, Ukraine and Hungary, Hospitality Digital, METRO MARKETS, METRO-NOM (since 1 October 2019), Real.

Profile

Olaf Koch was appointed Chief Executive Officer of METRO AG on 2 March 2017 for a term ending on 1 March 2022. From 14 September 2009 until the end of 2011 he was a member of the Management Board (Chief Financial Officer) of the former METRO AG (now: CECONOMY AG), and from 1 January 2012 to 12 July 2017 he was the Chief Executive Officer of the company. He was previously employed at the financial investor Permira. Following his graduation in business administration, Mr Koch started his career at Daimler-Benz AG in 1994. He was a board member of Mercedes Car Group from 2002 to 2007.

Christian Baier

Chief Financial Officer

Areas of responsibility

Corporate Accounting, Corporate Controlling & Finance, Corporate Risk Management, Corporate Tax, Corporate Treasury, Global Business Services (since 1 October 2019), Group Internal Audit (since 1 October 2019), METRO PROPERTIES, METRO LOGISTICS, MIAG, METRO Insurance Broker.

Profile

Christian Baier was appointed member of the Management Board of METRO AG on 11 November 2016. His current appointment as a member of the Management Board runs until 30 September 2020. In addition Mr Baier is reappointed from this date until 30 September 2025. He was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of METRO Cash & Carry (now METRO Wholesale) from 1 July 2015 to 1 March 2017 and previously held the position of Group Director Strategy, Business Innovation and M&A at the former METRO AG (now: CECONOMY AG). Mr Baier joined METRO Cash & Carry Germany (now METRO Germany) as a member of the Management Board/Head of Finance and Administration – C+C Schaper – in the year 2011. He holds a BA in business administration and an MBA from New York University and was previously employed at the finance investor Permira and a number of banks.

Andrea Euenheim

Chief Human Resources Officer and Labour Director
Since 1 November 2019

Areas of responsibility

Human Resources (Campus HR, Compensation, Global Mobility & HR Processes, Global Talent Management & Recruiting, HR Operations & Leadership, Labour Relations Germany & Labour Law), METRO Campus Services.

Profile

Andrea Euenheim was appointed member of the Management Board and Labour Director of METRO AG on 1 November 2019 for a term ending on 31 October 2022.

Prior to that, she worked at Amazon in Seattle, USA, from October 2015, initially as HR Director of Global Consumer Products and since the end of 2017 as HR Director of Global Expansion, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). Before moving to the USA, Andrea Euenheim was responsible for personnel management at Amazon Europe since 2007, primarily overseeing Germany, Italy, Spain and France. From 2001 to 2007, she worked for General Electric, where her last position was Head of Human Resources for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at GE Commercial Finance, Fleet Services. Andrea Euenheim completed her master’s degree in linguistics, sociology, psychology and business administration at the University of Passau.

Heiko Hutmacher

Member of the Management Board
Until 31 December 2019

Areas of responsibility

In the period from 1 November to 31 December 2019, Heiko Hutmacher’s HR responsibilities will be transferred to Andrea Euenheim.

Until 30 September 2019, Heiko Hutmacher was also responsible for Corporate Responsibility, Customer Experience, Global Business Services, Group Internal Audit and METRO-NOM.

Profile

Heiko Hutmacher assumed his position as a member of the Management Board on 2 March 2017 and was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer and Labour Director of METRO AG on 31 August 2017. His appointment as Labour Director ended on 31 October 2019; Mr Heiko Hutmacher will leave the company at his own request on 31 December 2019. He was a member of the Management Board of the former METRO AG (now: CECONOMY AG) from 1 October 2011 to 12 July 2017 and held the position of Chief Human Resources Officer and Labour Director. From April 2012 to June 2015, Mr Hutmacher headed the Human Resources Department at METRO Cash & Carry (now METRO Wholesale). Mr Hutmacher holds a degree in business administration. His experience in human resources spans over 30 years, including posts at IBM and Akzo Nobel.

Philippe Palazzi

Chief Operating Officer

Areas of responsibility

METRO Wholesale centralised functions (Corporate Responsibility [since 1 October 2019], Customer Experience [since 1 November 2019], Digital Transformation, Expansion & Investment, Food Service Distribution, Global Branding & Activation, Global Business & Supplier Management, Global Food Sourcing, Global Non-Food, Global Own Brand Management, International Expansion, Pricing, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain Management, Trader Franchise), responsibility for the METRO Wholesale country organisations in: Belgium, China, France including Pro à Pro, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain and Turkey, Classic Fine Foods, METRO ADVERTISING, METRO SOURCING International.

Profile

Philippe Palazzi was appointed member of the Management Board of METRO AG on 7 May 2018 for a term ending on 30 September 2021. From 1 July 2015 to 6 May 2018, he held the position of Operating Partner with responsibility for METRO France including Pro à Pro, MAKRO Spain and MAKRO Portugal. He previously held the position of Chief Customer and Marketing Officer at METRO AG and various posts at the METRO country organisations, most recently as Chief Executive Officer of METRO Italy.