Metro's Real Hypermarket Unit Names Two New Co-Leaders

Metro Group’s hypermarket chain Real announced the appointment of chief financial officer Henning Gieseke and chief merchandise officer Patrick Muller as co-chairmen of its Management Board. Didier Fleury, the current chairman, is named into a new strategic role in the Metro Group and will report directly to Metro AG management board chairman Olaf Koch. As a result of Real’s senior management revamp, the retailer will have four leaders instead of the previous five.