Olaf de Boer has been appointed food procurement and merchandising director at Metro Cash & Carry Ukraine.
After first joining Metro Cash & Carry in 2007 as buying and merchandising manager, de Boer was in 2010 appointed regional head of company’s buying and merchandising in Central East Europe.
He started his career in the trade business back in 1996 at Ahold, a Dutch-based retailing group. He held various management positions in store operations and procurement & merchandising within the group.
De Boer graduated from the University of Twente and holds master’s degree in business administration and technology.
