Overview
- Oettinger announced on Monday that Thilo R. Pomykala has stepped down by mutual agreement and the brewery has begun a search for his successor.
- Pomykala had taken the chief executive role in April after Stefan Blaschak left when his contract expired.
- Owner Pia Kollmar returned to operative management in February and now leads finance and strategy, a change that reporters say is linked to the dispute over the company's direction.
- Industry data show Oettinger’s beer output fell 3.7 percent last year to 674 million liters, a decline that has increased pressure on management to change strategy.
- The family‑owned brewer employs about 700 people at its Bavarian headquarters and a Mönchengladbach plant, and the leadership upheaval could slow Kollmar’s planned reorientation and affect day‑to‑day operations.