Carrefour announces new CFO

Carrefour has announced that former Casino Chief Executive Pierre Bouchut will become its new Chief Financial Officer. He will take up the position in early May, Carrefour said in a statement. Bouchut has extensive retail experience. He served as CFO and then Chief Executive at Casino, France's second-largest listed retailer, from 1990 before joining Schneider Electric in 2005. The current CFO, Eric Reiss, will become Director of Carrefour's hypermarket division in Brazil.

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