New Head of Sales Key Account Management at Ziemann Holvrieka

Staff news | Alexander Lenz has taken on the newly created position of Head of Sales Key Account Management at Ziemann Holvrieka. In this role, Alexander Lenz is the main contact for international key customers from the brewing, beverage and liquid food industry.

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The Brewers Association announces 2022 board of directors

New representatives | The Brewers Association, the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers, announced its 2022 board of directors, with five new representatives to the 21-person board.

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Julia Herz named Executive Director of the American Homebrewers Association

The Brewers Association (BA), the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers, hired Julia Herz as the executive director of the American Homebrewers Association^® (AHA), the BA’s homebrewing division. She started her new job on December 1.

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Several breweries drop out from Mikkeller beer event over sexism claims

Denmark | The beer festival, Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen (MBCC), was hit by several withdrawals, after several ex-employees at Mikkeller alleged sexual harassment and gender bullying at the firm. This was reported by the website goodbeerhunting.com on 11 October 2021.

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BrewDog appoints new chairman ahead of IPO

United Kingdom | Beer and spirits company BrewDog, which was hit by criticism from former employees over its toxic culture earlier this year, has appointed a chairman with a blue-chip reputation. The former Asda boss and City grandee, Allan Leighton, 68, has joined BrewDog as non-executive chairman, in the latest sign that the Scottish craft brewer is moving closer to a public listing on the stock market.

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Chris Barrow joins First Key Capital Advisors as Managing Partner

Managing Partner | First Key, a brewery consulting firm working around the world for over 30 years, has announced that Chris Barrow, an industry leading executive, will join the team. His new role will be Managing Partner with First Key Capital Advisors, the investment advisory group at First Key Consulting.

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Staff call on Wetherspoon to double bank holiday pay

United Kingdom | A number of JD Wetherspoon staff have joined a campaign calling for double pay for those working on bank holidays. By early July 2021, more than 50,000 people had signed the petition, which is open to customers, staff, and members of the public.

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Stephan Barth leaves active management position

Change at the top | BarthHaas is restructuring its top management: Stephan Barth, managing partner since 1992, moves from executive management to the Board of Directors. His cousin Regine Barth becomes the sole managing director of BarthHaas GmbH & Co. KG.

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Michel Doukeris assumes CEO role at AB-InBev

Change at the top | At the beginning of July 2021, Michel Doukeris assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of Anheuser-Busch InBev, succeeding Carlos Brito, who has stepped down after 15 years as CEO.

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Bidding adieu: on brewing industry CEOs stepping down

Europe | There is only so much you can say when the CEO of AB-InBev steps down after 17 years. And it seems Heineken said much of it in February 2020, when its CEO Jean-Francois van Boxmeer announced his departure after 15 years at the helm.

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AB-InBev names US boss Michel Doukeris as new CEO

Belgium | The rumour mongers were right: Carlos Brito, who built AB-InBev into the world’s major brewer, will step down as CEO in July as the firm shifts its focus from acquisitions to organic growth. The Financial Times newspaper was the first to spread this rumour in September 2020.

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Pay boost for NB directors as dividend falls to 15-year low

Nigeria | Nigerian Breweries, the country’s major brewer and 56 percent owned by Heineken, scaled up the remuneration of its top management by at least 25.2 percent last year. This came despite the covid pandemic battering its business and slashing its profit by more than half, the website Premium Times reports.

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Heineken to replace Laurence Debroux as CFO

The Netherlands | Laurence Debroux’s appointment as Heineken’s Chief Financial Officer in 2014 sent out an important signal: The Dutch brewer was willing to hire an outsider and a woman to this important position. At the time, female CFOs were rare in Dutch multinationals.

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Doukeris to succeed Brito at AB-InBev?

Belgium | Belgian media seem to take it for granted that Michel Doukeris, 47, will succeed Carlos Brito, 60, as CEO of AB-InBev before the brewer’s next Annual General Meeting scheduled for 28 April 2021. How can they be so sure?

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Former Heineken CEO van Boxmeer received millions upon departure

The Netherlands | Media huffed and puffed over Jean-François van Boxmeer’s high severance payment, which he received from the brewer upon his departure.

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Aggrieved Platform taproom workers walk out

USA | After months of mounting frustration over wages, working conditions, and what they view as management’s deficient pandemic response, on 27 February 2021, workers at Platform Beer Co.’s Columbus, Ohio, taproom walked out. This was after putting a sign on the door, saying that “the entire Platform Columbus crew has quit. The taproom is closed until further notice. Thank you!”

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Krishan Maudgal at the helm of the Belgian brewers

New management | At the end of January 2021, the Belgian Brewers’ Board of Directors announced the appointment of Krishan Maudgal as director of the association.

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Two new additions to the BrewingScience team

Editorial board | BrewingScience is pleased to announce two new additions to their team: In the past three months they were able to find an additional reviewer and a new member of the editorial board.

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Julia Herz laid off from the Brewers Association

USA | The cancellation of its 2020 events means the Brewers Association (BA) will lose 70 percent of its annual revenue. It has had to resort to staff lay-offs and Julia Herz is among the 24 already made redundant.