METRO Romania announces the appointment of Karan Khurana as the company’s CEO, effective as of the month of August 2024. With over 25 years of experience in international trade, Karan Khurana succeeds Adrian Ariciu, promoted to Executive Vice-President for Eastern Europe at METRO AG in June, after four years at the helm of METRO Romania.
Karan Khurana joined METRO Group in February 2019, initially holding the position of Vice President Value Creation METRO Japan, and in June 2019, becoming Director Sales & Operations METRO Japan.
In January 2022, Karan Khurana took over the lead of strategic transformation initiatives at METRO AG group level, as Vice President Value Creation Lead Growth Transformation, and a year later, he was appointed Sales & Operations Director at METRO Turkey.
“Romania is in full development, with an extremely dynamic and competitive retail and wholesale market, undergoing consolidation. I am happy to join METRO Romania, a company that has seen remarkable growth under Adrian Ariciu’s leadership. I intend to continue this development, strengthening our position as a trusted partner for our customers in the HoReCa and traditional trade industries. Through our business strategies, we will continue to develop and shape the multi-channel wholesale landscape and strengthen the proximity sector through LaDoiPași, the largest community of independent entrepreneurs in Romania”, said Karan Khurana, CEO of METRO Romania.
“I welcome Karan to METRO Romania’s family. I am confident that his valuable experience, ability to lead teams and develop efficient strategies for healthy business growth will add value to the company, locally, contributing to the consolidation of METRO Romania’s lead position in the wholesale segment, and will continue to strengthen our team. From my new role, I will continue to work closely with Karan and I am happy to have such an experienced professional by my side”, said Adrian Ariciu, EVP METRO AG.
Karan Khurana holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration – Finance from Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, a Master’s Degree in Management from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), another in Information Systems from W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, and an MBA from Cornell University.