Curriculum Vitae
Dr Fredy Raas holds a degree in business administration of the University St. Gallen (Switzerland) with a focus on accounting and controlling. In 1988, he graduated from the doctoral program as Dr oec. HSG. From 1984 until 1986, he was a scientific assistant and lecturer at the Institute of Management of the University St. Gallen. From 1986 until 1991, Dr Raas worked as an inhouse-consultant in the area of central logistics for Siemens group in Munich (Germany) where he managed projects regarding the restructuration of business areas in Europe and the USA. In 1991 Dr Raas joined the still privately held METRO Group as CFO at Metro International Handels AG (until 1996). After the old METRO AG (today: CECONOMY AG) went public in 1996, Dr Raas served as CFO at METRO Cash & Carry Deutschland GmbH, Düsseldorf. From 1998 until 2001, Dr Raas assumed the position of CFO at Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte AG, at that time a sales line of METRO Group. In 2001, Dr Raas responded to the call of Prof. Beisheim and assumed several managing positions in the family office of the METRO founder. In 2013, Dr Raas has been reappointed to the foundation board (as Chairman) of Prof. Otto Beisheim Stiftung in Munich and to the foundation council (as Vice Chairman) of Prof. Otto Beisheim-Stiftung in Baar, Switzerland. He is also managing director at the Beisheim Holding GmbH, Baar, Switzerland. Since 2013, Dr Raas has been a member of the supervisory board of the old METRO AG. Since 2017, he has also been a member of the supervisory board of today's METRO AG.
Expertise / Main Focus
Dr Fredy Raas has profound management experience as member of the management board and director of companies with international activities and has special expertise in the areas trade, logistics, M&A and finance.
Activities in the Committees of the Supervisory Board of METRO AG
Member of the Audit Committee
Membership in other statutory supervisory boards of German companies
CECONOMY AG1
Membership in comparable German and international boards of business enterprises
- ARISCO Holding AG, Baar, Switzerland – Board of Directors
- HUWA Finanz- und Beteiligungs AG, Au, Switzerland – Board of Directors (President)
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