Christian Baier occupies the position of Chief Financial Officer at METRO AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board for METRO Cash & Carry International Holding GmbH and Chairman-Supervisory Board of Metro Re AG (both are subsidiaries of METRO AG), Chief Financial Officer at Ströer Management SE and Chief Financial Officer at Ströer SE & Co. KGaA. Mr. Baier is also on the board of Metro Holding France SA and Metro Großhandelsgesellschaft mbH.

In the past Mr. Baier held the position of Co-Managing Director at zLabels GmbH, Chief Financial Officer of METRO Cash & Carry Deutschland GmbH, Associate at Lehman Brothers Europe Ltd., Associate at Lehman Brothers Bankhaus AG, Director-Strategy & Business Innovation at METRO AG, Investment Manager at Permira Beteiligungsberatung GmbH and Investment Professional at Permira Advisers LLP.

He received an MBA from The Leonard N Stern School of Business, an undergraduate degree from Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Villingen-Schwenningen and a doctorate from EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht gGmbH.