He will take over from Jean Richard de Latour, appointed in the summer of 2018, who returns to the headquarters of the group for a new position, on March 1, 2021.
Julien Munch will report to Francois Melchior de Polignac, executive director and zone CEO Northern and Eastern Europe. De Polignac served as Carrefour Romania CEO at some point, so he is familiar with this particular market.
Julien Munch is the seventh CEO of Carrefour Romania since its arrival in the country.
Carrefour had 369 stores in Romania at the end of last year – 40 hypermarkets (Carrefour), 193 supermarkets (Carrefour Market), 108 convenience stores (Express) and 28 cash & carry stores (Supeco). It posted more than RON11.5 billion sales in Romania in 2019, according to the latest officially available data.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)