Ronny Gottschlich (born 14 May 1975)Companies House
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Lidl Lidl ( ) is a trademark, used by two Germany, German international discount supermarket, discount retailer chain store, chains that operates over 12,600 stores. The ''LD Stiftung'' operates the stores in Germany and the ''Lidl Stiftung & Co. K ...

U.K.

GmbH (; ) is a type of Juridical person, legal entity in German-speaking countries. It is equivalent to a (Sàrl) in the Romandy, French-speaking region of Switzerland and to a (Sagl) in the Ticino, Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. It is a ...

with around 630 stores, and around 5.5m customers.

Early life

Ronny Gottschlich attended the

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (), also referred to as MLU, is a public university, public research university in the cities of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle and Wittenberg. It is the largest and oldest university in the German State o ...

, in

Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (), is the second largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the sixth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East Berlin, East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Chem ...

in Saxony-Anhalt (former GDR or

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

). He also went to the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences (FH Merseburg) in

Merseburg Merseburg () is a town in central Germany in southern Saxony-Anhalt, situated on the river Saale, and approximately 14 km south of Halle (Saale) and 30 km west of Leipzig. It is the capital of the Saalekreis district. It had a diocese ...

, also in Saxony-Anhalt.

Career

Gottschlich joined

in 2000, working at a store in

Unna Unna () is a city of around 59,000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the seat of the Unna (district), Unna district. The newly refurbished Unna station has trains to all major cities in North Rhine Westphalia including Dortmund, Köln H ...

in North Rhine-Westphalia until 2002. He joined Lidl UK in 2002 as the National Audit Manager. It was within his remit to ensure that all stores in the UK complied with the Lidl concept. In January 2004 he became responsible for around 60 stores in London and the south of England. In 2009 he became operations director for Lidl Austria. In September 2010 he became managing director of Lidl UK, with around 600 stores, eight regional distribution centres, and around 11,000 employees. In September 2016, Gottschlich left Lidl UK.

Personal life

Gottschlich is in a relationship, has two children and lives in Halle/Saale.

References

External links

Lidl UK
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