But that was fast! Nine days after the arrival of Mark Mateschitz, Stefan Pierer and the RLB -above Austria near Rosenbauer. The previous CEO, Sebastian Wolf, has to go. Already on April 22, former Voestalpine Finance Board member Robert Ottel.
Since the Robau Consortium founded by Mark Mateschitz, Stefan Pierer and two companies of the Raiffeisenlandlandebank Upper Austria, was the majority at Rosenbauer, had a question mark behind the contract extension of Sebastian Wolf. On Thursday, the Supervisory Council of the Brigade Outfitter from Leonding (Upper Austria), which was chosen only on 1 April, made nails with heads – and made a decision.
Although Wolf still had a contract until the end of July, he will be replaced on April 22. On this day, Robert Ottel takes over a manager with a lot of industrial experience at the Fire Brigade. Ottel left the foot alpine at the end of March 2024 – after 27 years at the Linz Steel Giant, of which he had served as CFO for 19 years.
Since then, Ottel, who, as he calls it, has been traded as a candidate for different main posts – but it remained in the rumor mill as a candidate for different main posts. Now, almost a year after his end at the Voets, he returns to the highest management level of a stock market -bound group and takes over the roller role.
“Create the basis for further growth”
“I am happy,” says the 57-year-old in a first reaction. How do I see the goals at Rosenbauer? “It’s about ensuring further stabilization, continuing with debt reduction and creating the basis for further growth.” His contract runs for three years.
In a very critical phase, Boss Wolf had taken over the chairmanship of Rosenbauer and, together with the Executive colleagues, management and employees, subject the company to a fitness program: firstly, that meant the costs of greatly lowering costs. In the end, the most important thing was to improve processes, to become more efficient and faster.
The successes achieved in 2024 became visible. With the arrival of Robau, a capital increase was taken: 119 million euros flowed in society in Leonding.
Source: Krone
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