After establishing a chief executive transition team in November 2020 to jointly assume the position of CEO as it searched for a new chief executive, Metro AG has now appointed a new person to the role, Steffen Greubel. Greubel signs three-year contract Greubel will take up the role as Metro AG chief executive on 1 May 2021, with Metro’s chief financial officer, Christian Baier, and COO...

As Metro continues its evolution as a company, we round up developments in Spain, France and Romania as it looks to strengthen its operations globally and in the specific countries. Metro to promote digital transformation with Wipro Metro and Wipro have announced a strategic digital and IT partnership ‘ to drive forward the transformation of the Group's IT and to concentrate more strongly i...

Germany-based Metro has ended its 2019/20 financial year on a positive trajectory after a challenging year that saw its major markets and customers impacted heavily by the COVID-19 pandemic. Positive Q4 sees Metro gain market share In its full year, Metro reported like-for-like sales contracted by 3.9%, which was at the upper end of its guidance range. The company said that ‘ with the excep...