Press Release 22nd September 2023

REWE International Management Board member Christoph Matschke moves back to Cologne

Christoph Matschke, who has been a member of the REWE International AG Management Board since 2017 and is responsible for Digital Research & Consulting, HR, IT, Logistics, Finance, Corporate Organization and MAXFIVE - combined in the International Business Solutions department - has decided, in the best possible agreement with the Supervisory Board and the Management Board team, not to extend his contract, which expires in 2024, in order to devote himself to a new entrepreneurial career.

/ Copyright: REWE Group Österreich / Robert Harson, Reproduction for PR purposes free of charge

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As a first step, REWE Group has succeeded in recruiting him for a very essential project in the portfolio of REWE Group CFO Telerik Shishmanov from January 2024. The future responsibility for Christoph Matschke's portfolios will be announced in mid-October.

Jan Kunath, Deputy CEO of REWE Group and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of REWE International AG: "I would like to thank Christoph Matschke for his tireless commitment to REWE Group and our international trading business. He has made a strong performance leap in his department and has thus made a significant contribution to the success and clout of our international trading organization. We respect his decision to now devote himself once again to new challenges, and at the same time we are very pleased that we have succeeded in convincing him to walk another part of his new path together with us."

Christoph Matschke has been a member of the Management Board of REWE International AG and a divisional board member of REWE Group since January 2017. He began his professional career in 2000 at REWE Group as a project manager.

A graduate in business administration - Matschke holds a degree in business administration from the University of Münster - he was appointed country coach for PENNY International in 2002. He then took over as divisional manager for controlling and accounting at PENNY National and PENNY International. Before being appointed to the REWE International Management Board in 2017, Christoph Matschke was responsible for PENNY International as Commercial Director.

Christoph Matschke on his move: "After 24 years of commitment to REWE Group, I would like to climb another mountain. I would like to thank the REWE Group Management Board for their understanding of my decision and their support for my new path. I am leaving REWE International AG in a very good position and know that my team is well equipped for its future challenges."