The Manage­ment and Supervisory Board

Lionel Souque was born in Paris on 19 August 1971.

Lionel Souque joined REWE Group in 1996, beginning at the international discount store, Penny, where he held executive positions in procurement and sales. From 2001, he assumed executive positions for the Billa supermarkets outside Germany and, in 2007, was appointed to the Management Board of REWE International in Vienna. He has been the CEO of REWE Germany and a member of the REWE Group Management Board since 2009. He has been the CEO of REWE Group since 1 July 2017.

Lionel Souque holds the following qualifications: MBA (ESSEC Business School Paris), Master Technology & Management (Ecole Centrale Paris), Dipl. Betriebswirt [degree in business administration] (ESC Reims – ESB Reutlingen).

He is married, has three children and lives with his family in Cologne.

Daniela Büchel was born in Stuttgart on 26 February 1973.

She joined the REWE Group in 2003, working in various roles in Group Controlling and in Strategy at the Group’s headquarters, before assuming the leadership of Group Marketing as well as Sustainability and Public Affairs. In 2014, she became a member of management at REWE, taking on responsibility for HR and sustainability. In 2016, Daniela Büchel was appointed as an Executive Board Member Retail Germany for HR and sustainability.

Since 1 January 2023, Daniela Büchel has been responsible for HR and sustainability at the REWE Group as a member of the Management Board.

Daniela Büchel studied economics at the University of Hohenheim and NOVA University Lisbon. She then completed her doctorate at the Center for Research in Retailing (IfH) at the University of Cologne. She has two children and lives with her family in Frechen.

Peter Maly was born on 6 May 1968 and raised in Hirzenhain, Hessen.

He joined the REWE Group in 2005. Subsequently, he assumed various sales management roles in REWE’s full-range business, including management of REWE Region Nord in Norderstedt. He was appointed as a member of the Executive Board for the REWE Group in March 2016, where he was responsible for 3,700 REWE markets nationally. Since January 2023, Peter Maly has been a member of the REWE Group Management Board and, as REWE Chief Operating Officer, is responsible for REWE’s full-range business in Germany as well as for logistics and supply chain management across the Group.

After completing his secondary school studies and military service, Peter Maly studied economics at the University of Giessen. He completed his master’s degree in 1994. Subsequently, he began his management career in the food retail sector as a regional manager in Hamburg, quickly taking on management duties in sales at a number of well-known German food retailers. He was the head of sales for Globus superstores, Kaiser + Kellermann oHG, Kirchhunderm when it was acquired by the REWE Group in 2005 and he joined the new company.

Peter Maly is married and the father of two daughters.

Telerik Schischmanow, born 11 February 1975 in Bulgaria, joined the REWE Group as head of Mergers & Acquisitions in 2006. He subsequently served as CFO of transGourmet Holding SE, in which the REWE Group held a 50 percent stake, from 2009 to 2011. Schischmanow returned to the REWE Group in September 2011 and was appointed fully authorised representative for the company. His responsibilities included corporate development, strategy and corporate control. He has been responsible for the Services division as head of Retail Germany since July 2016, and he has been the CFO of the REWE Group since 1 July 2022.

Telerik Schischmanow studied Business Administration at the Technische Universität Berlin. He is married and has four children.