Aristotelis Panteliadis

Aristotelis Panteliadis

Chairman & CEO, Metro S.A.; President, Greece Grocery Retail Association

Greece

Aristotelis Panteliadis was born and raised in Athens, Greece.

He graduated from the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) in 1989. During his studies, he started working at the family business. In 2001, he took over as Chief Executive Officer of METRO SA, at the age of 33.

In February 2016, METRO SA acquired Veropoulos stores, thus forming one of the largest retail chains in the Greek market. Today, the company owns 250 My market retail supermarkets and My market Local convenience stores and 50 METRO Cash & Carry wholesale markets, strategically located all over the country. The company currently employs over 11.300 people.

In January 2020, METRO SA opened its first store abroad, the MCC BEST VALUE LTD wholesale store in the city of Limassol in Cyprus.

METRO SA’s turnover is €1,59 billion.

Aristotelis Panteliadis is Chairman at the recently formed Greek Super-Market Union and a board member of several entities, including SEV (Hellenic Federation of Enterprises) and IELKA (Institute of Retail Consumer Goods – GR).