$94 billion international retail company, METRO AG, based in Germany, has hired Donatus Kaufmann as the new head of corporate legal affairs and compliance, effective Feb. 15, 2011. In this function, he will also serve as group general counsel and as chief compliance officer of METRO GROUP.

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