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Canada | Lallemand is pleased to announce the appointment of Sylvie Van Zandycke, succeeding Brent Jordan, as the President & General Manager of its Brewing business, a global provider of fermentation ingredients, process aids, enzyme and education to the brewing industry, effective 1 February 2026.
People and Positions
Uzwil, Switzerland | As announced in April 2025, Samuel Schär assumed his position as CEO of Bühler, effective 1 January. He succeeds Stefan Scheiber, who is being proposed as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors at the upcoming Annual General Meeting in February 2026.
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Germany | Bremen’s revolving doors are spinning again. Jannik Weitzl will resign from his post as Country Director Germany on 31 December. The 38-year-old manager had only succeeded Michel Pepa in April 2024, when Mr Pepa was transferred within the group to Leuven. Mr Pepa had held the post for slightly more than four years. It is still unclear who will succeed Mr Weitzl.
People and Positions
Women at the top | On October 1, 2025, family business Weyermann® Malz GmbH & Co. KG celebrated an unusual anniversary: Sabine Weyermann looked back on 40 years as its CEO, with her daughter Franziska Weyermann proud to mark 15 years working at the company. This event is an impressive example of successful female leadership in a branch of industry traditionally dominated by men. In a joint interview with BRAUWELT, Sabine and Franziska Weyermann tell us how they experience and carve out their role in the malting industry.
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Canada | Kelly Heyworth has joined First Key Consulting and will be stepping into the role of CEO & Managing Director at the end of 2025.
People and Positions
Obituary | Bernd may not have been a fan of the musician Frank Zappa, but he would have subscribed to his pithy observation that every nation needs an airline and its own beer. As it happens, the former no longer holds true (Air Namibia was grounded in 2021), but, in Namibia, beer remains a marker of national identity and a source of pride. Its flagship brand Windhoek Lager dominates the market and has made substantial inroads into the South African market, where the incumbent South African Breweries (SAB) has held a de facto monopoly for decades.
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Switzerland | On 10 September 2025, Bühler Group announced a key leadership transition within its Grains & Food business. After a decade of outstanding leadership, Johannes Wick will step down from his role as CEO Grains & Food at the end of 2025 to take on a new strategic position within Bühler. Mike Häfeli will succeed him as CEO Grains & Food and Member of the Executive Board.
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Spain | Following the recent acquisition of Thielmann Portinox by Irestal Group, the Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Alberto Borque as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company based in Granada, Spain.
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United Kingdom | BrewDog’s co-founder Martin Dickie has abruptly left the Ellon-based craft brewer and pub operator, British media reported in August. He said the decision was taken for personal reasons: he now wants to spend more time with his young family.
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Nuremberg | The scientific magazine BrewingScience, published by Hans Carl in Nuremberg, is delighted to welcome Dr. Florian Lehnhardt from the Weihenstephan Research Center for Brewing and Food Quality to its group of experts.
People and Positions
Berlin | Dr Björn Klotzbücher took up his position as the new Managing Director of VLB Berlin on 1 July 2025. He succeeds Dr Josef Fontaine, who will step down from this position at his own request in October 2025. The areas of finance, IT, human resources and research will remain under the responsibility of the previous Managing Director, Gerhard Andreas Schreiber (CFO).
People and Positions
Berlin | On 1 July 2025, Martin Dubrowsky took over the position of International Sales Manager at the Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei in Berlin (VLB). He succeeds Roberto Biurrun, who has left the VLB at his own request after ten years to take on a new professional challenge at Jürgen Löhrke GmbH.
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Brussels | At the recent 14th Technical Meeting of the EBC Brewing Science Group, held 20–22 May in Budapest, members were asked to approve the successor to Gert De Rouck, the director of the brewing pilot plants at KU Leuven (Technologiecampus Gent). Gert De Rouck had become the chairman in 2019 and the end of his term of office necessitated the search for a replacement chair. This was forthcoming in the person of Petr Košin, the production director at Budweiser Budvar, based at České Budějovice, Czech Republic, a national brewery run and supported by the Czech state.
People and Positions
Obituary | Oscar Wong, a retired engineer who founded the Highland Brewing Company as a hobby, died on 25 May, aged 84.
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