Gerhard Ritter has been succeeded as Managing Director of the Austrian regional SPAR office in Vorarlberg by Carina Pollhammer effective 1st January. Gerhard Ritter's career at SPAR Austria has spanned 42 years. He has worked closely with Carina Pollhammer since the end of 2018 to prepare her for the position.

Thirty-six-year-old Carina Pollhammer studied economics at the University in Vienna and joined SPAR Austria in 2009. After completing the SPAR training programme, she focused on the areas of expansion and project management within SPAR Austria.

In 2013, Carina Pollhammer started to work abroad for SPAR Austria. She was involved in the sale of SPAR Czech Republic, and until 2017, she supervised several expansion projects in ASPIAG countries. In this role, she contributed significantly to coordinating the purchase of Billa stores in Croatia.

SPAR runs about 100 stores in the region of Vorarlberg, employing 3,000 staff members.

Source: Cash – Das Handelsmagazin

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About SPAR Austria

The origins of SPAR in Austria date back to 1954, but the current SPAR AG was created in 1970 when the original founding families joined with other regional wholesalers to form SPAR Austria AG – a 100% privately owned Austrian company.

With licences granted by SPAR International, ASPIAG (Austria SPAR International AG) has developed SPAR in Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, and Northern Italy.