Jürgen Steinemann

Chairman at Metro

Jürgen Steinemann holds a degree in business administration from the European Business School in Wiesbaden, London and Paris, from which he graduated in 1985. From 1990 until 1998, Jürgen Steinemann held different managing positions for Eridania Beghin Say Group in the business-to-business marketing and sales divisions and was ultimately responsible for the area "corporate plan et stratégie" at the headquarters in Paris (France). From 1999 until 2001, Jürgen Steinemann was CEO of Loders Croklaan, a former subsidiary of Unilever. From 2001 until 2009, he was a member of the management board and COO of Nutreco (Netherlands). From 2009 until 2015, Jürgen Steinemann was CEO of Barry Callebaut AG; where he was also a member of the Board of Directors from 2014 to 2019. Jürgen Steinemann is Chief Executive Officer of JBS Holding GmbH. From 2015 until the effectiveness of the demerger of METRO GROUP in July 2017, Jürgen Steinemann was a member of the supervisory board of the old METRO AG (now: CECONOMY AG) and from February 2016 on its chairman. Since 2017, Jürgen Steinemann has been member and chairman of the supervisory board of today's METRO AG.

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  • Chairman

    Current role