Canadian retailer Metro Inc has appointed François Thibault as group CFO.

Thibault takes over from Richard Dufresne from 1 August, who quit the role in February to take up a position at an unnamed company.

Thibault joins Metro from Bombardier Aerospace where he was vice president of finance.

Metro runs over 600 food retail outlets in Canada under banners including Metro, Super C and Food Basics.