Metro Group Unites Communications, Public Policy Functions

Global retailer Metro Group has named Michael Wedell to head the newly unified corporate communications and public policy function. Wedell has been the group director of corporate public policy. The company also named Rüdiger Stahlschmidt to head corporate communications, which includes both internal and external communications. The company said the functional unification will allow better communication with the relevant target groups, and intensified, more efficient, cooperation. “Bundling the political, external and internal communications is of particular importance for the strategic positioning of the group and will enhance a clear approach to all stakeholders,” the company said in a statement.