Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG is expanding its international executive board. Carl Oetker will join the Board and assume responsibility for the Purchasing Department starting from August 15.

After studying business administration with a focus on finance in Maastricht, Turin and London, Carl Oetker initially worked in an international management consultancy and in investment companies. In 2020, he joined Dr. August Oetker KG. In 2022, he took over the Finance, Production, Supply Chain, Human Resources and IT departments as Managing Director of the Dr. Oetker national companies in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

By joining the International Executive Board of Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG, he will take over responsibility for the company’s global purchasing from the Chairman of the Executive Board, Dr. Albert Christmann.

Until December 31, 2024, he will continue to work as Managing Director of the Dr. Oetker national companies in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, which he will supervise as a coach in the future.

He will be succeeded in the management of the Dr. Oetker national companies in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg on January 1, 2025 by Britta Zahnert, who has been responsible for the company’s international controlling as Senior Executive Manager Controlling International at Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG since 2017.

In the future, the members of Dr. Oetker’s International Executive Board will be: Dr. Albert Christmann (Chairman), Dr. Alexander Edelmann, Carl Oetker, Georg Heerdegen Parsbo, Dr. Christian von Twickel, and Claudia Willvonseder.

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