METRO AG is strengthening its leadership team in the wholesale business. Olivier van den Bossche is taking on the role of an Operating Partner at METRO Cash & Carry. In the future, the former CEO of HBC Europe and Galeria Kaufhof will be responsible for a group of countries in the wholesale sector. In this context he, together with a team of experts, will support the CEO's and their management teams in the respective countries in positioning and boosting the local METRO Cash & Carry business. In his new role, Olivier van den Bossche reports to Pieter Boone, Management Board member and COO, who is at the same time Chairman of the Operating Board of METRO Cash & Carry. Olivier was appointed CEO of Galeria Kaufhof GmbH before taking on the position of CEO HBC Europe which he held from September 2015 to May 2017.