Experienced retailer Janusz Stroka is appointed as the new Country CEO in Netto Poland. Netto Poland is a cornerstone in the Netto International strategy aiming at opening 40 new stores a year from 2020.

Netto Poland has recruited a new CEO to lead and deliver an ambitious growth strategy. As of 3rd of January, Janusz Stroka will start as CEO of Netto Poland and take responsibility to continue the growth and development of the Netto format in Poland together with the team there.

Managing Director of Netto International, Michael Loeve says of the appointment of Janusz Stroka:

– Janusz comes with extensive experiencefrom working most of his career in retail. Our plans for Netto Poland are very ambitious and it has been important to find an experienced and skilled person like Janusz,who has held several key positions from which he can bring a lot of knowledge and expertise. Janusz is also Polish and understands the Polish culture and market well, which is very important to us.

Most recently, Janusz Stroka has served as Divisional Director of New Formats in REWE Group and he has a strong background and consumer understanding after two decades with leading positions in retail in several countries, among others Poland, Russia and Ukraine.

The main tasks of Janusz Stroka is to accelerate the growth and further develop our business in Poland. The ambition is to increase the rate of store openings and Netto Poland expects to open up to 40 new stores per year from 2020 and onwards.

Janusz Stroka is looking forward to the new challenges and is very delighted to take charge as Country CEO in Netto Poland:

– I am really looking forward to being a part of Dansk Supermarked Group and Netto International. The strategy for Netto Poland is very ambitious and very exciting to be a part of. I will do my utmost to play my part improving the quality and availability of great products at low prices to our customers through a strategy that both aims to invest in existing stores but also expand through new store openings. I look forward to working with the team in Szczecin to achieve those ambitions and getting to know the business first hand.