Christian Baier is Co-Chief Executive Officer & CFO at METRO AG, Chairman at 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 for Ströer SE & Co. KGaA. Mr. Baier is also on the board of Metro Holding France SA.

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

Christian Baier 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.