Udo Höfer

After his training as a mechanical engineer with high school diploma and studies at the officer's college with a degree in electrical engineering/electronics, Udo Höfer served as an officer in the Air Force/Air Defence from 1988 to 1990. Subsequently, he worked from mid-1991 to early 1992 as a department head in the food division at Kaufland, before moving to METRO as operations manager in April 1992. From 1998, Udo Höfer worked for METRO as sales manager and in 2000 he took over the position of store manager, which he held in various stores in Germany. In mid-2009, Udo Höfer moved to Kazakhstan/Astana, where he opened under the responsibility as store manager the first METRO store. After his return from Kazakhstan, he took over the management of the METRO store Krefeld in April 2010. Since 2020 Udo Höfer is member of the supervisory board of METRO AG.