Pia Kollmar has returned to the executive management of Oettinger Getränke, effective 11 February 2026. As announced by the company, the owner assumes responsibility for Finance and Strategy, marking her comeback to operational leadership after serving as chair of the advisory board.
According to a company statement, the appointment forms part of the next phase of an ongoing leadership restructuring. Stefan Blaschak, CEO of Oettinger Brauerei GmbH, confirmed that his tenure as chairman of the management board is approaching its end. The company is therefore broadening its management structure and distributing responsibilities across several executives.
Blaschak, who took office in mid-2023, had initiated a strategic realignment of Oettinger, overseen its economic stabilization, and launched key transformation projects, laying what the company describes as the foundation for a self-determined future.
Kollmar’s return also closes a turbulent chapter in the group’s recent history. In 2022, she stepped down from the executive board under pressure from the company’s financing banks and moved to the top of the advisory board instead. The banks subsequently installed restructuring specialist Gino Biondi as managing director. However, his mandate ended after just one year amid resistance from the workforce and from the principal shareholder, Kollmar herself. In summer 2023, Biondi was replaced by Blaschak.
With her renewed appointment to the executive team, Kollmar relinquishes the chair of the advisory board. The role will be assumed by long-standing board member Günther Düll.
The leadership adjustment signals a renewed concentration of operational responsibility in the hands of the owner as one of Germany’s largest privately owned brewing groups prepares for its next strategic phase.
