Lecture by Metro AG representative

On February 28, 2007, Dr. Jürgen Pfister, Head of Corporate HR Management of Metro AG will visit Jacobs University. Taking part in this spring’s lecture series “Business Leaders meet Jacobs University”, Hartmann will speak about the “Challenges and Prospects of Demografic Change from a Human Resources Management Perspective”.

[ Feb 24, 2007]  Throughout the academic year, professionals from varying industrial sectors are invited to campus to give a lecture on a topic related to their every day business and to meet students of Jacobs University.

METRO Group is one of the world’s largest trading companies. With some 270,000 employees today the METRO Group is represented in 30 countries around the world and is continuing to grow. The Group evolved in 1996 through the merger of leading retailing companies. The corporate group is composed of high-performance, operationally independent companies and businesses. METRO group generates 49 percent of its sales in international markets, a trend that continues to increase.

The lecture will be held in the Conference Room and starts at 7.30 h. It is followed by a discussion and a small reception.