Ronny Gottschlich (born 14 May 1975)Companies House
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Lidl Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (; ) is a German international discount retailer chain that operates over 11,000 stores across Europe and the United States. Headquartered in Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, the company belongs to the Schwarz Group, whi ...

U.K. GmbH with around 630 stores, and around 5.5m customers.

Early life

Ronny Gottschlich attended the

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university i ...

, in

Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the Germany, German States of ...

in Saxony-Anhalt (former GDR or

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

). He also went to the

Merseburg University of Applied Sciences The Merseburg University of Applied Sciences (german: Hochschule Merseburg - University of Applied Sciences) is an institution of higher education (a vocational university) located in the town of Merseburg, Germany. It was established on April 1, ...

(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. The newly refurbished Unna station has trains to all major cities in North Rhine Westphalia including Dortmund, Cologne, Münster, Hamm, D ...

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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