Carrefour has reorganised the way it runs its European business – with its operations on the continent outside France to be run as two regions.

The world’s second-largest retailer has decided to give CFO Pierre-Jean Sivignon responsibility for its stores in Spain and Italy. Further north, Gérard Lavinay, the head of its Belgian business, will take on its outlets in Poland and Romania.

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The changes will see the head of Carrefour Europe, Thomas Hubner, leave the business.

Carrefour said the changes were part of its “policy of decentralisation”.

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