RYZE Digital reorganises its management team and embarks on the next phase of development

Mainz – 23 September 2026

RYZE Digital GmbH is restructuring its management team. Meik Vogler (48) will take over as CEO of the agency group with effect from 1 October 2026. Oliver Walz, the company’s CFO since 2019, will be appointed to the management board at the same time; the two will jointly lead RYZE Digital going forward. Philipp Mann, co-founder and former CEO, will hand over the reins on 1 October, support the transition until the end of the year and remain associated with RYZE Digital in an advisory capacity from 2027 onwards.

With this change, RYZE Digital is concluding the group’s start-up phase and moving into the next stage of its development with a newly constituted management team. Since the merger of three founding agencies in 2021, the group – bolstered by the acquisitions of Coders Unlimited, comspace and nexxar – has grown to over 350 employees. Today, it supports more than 100 companies from ten countries in the field of digital corporate and stakeholder communications, including numerous DAX and MDAX-listed groups.

Joachim Liebler, Managing Director of VRM and majority shareholder of RYZE Digital 

“Philipp Mann has developed RYZE Digital from an owner-managed agency into one of the leading platforms for digital corporate communications in the German-speaking world. We would like to express our sincere thanks to him for this — and are delighted that he will remain associated with the company in an advisory capacity. In Meik Vogler, we are gaining a Managing Director who will shape the next phase of development — with a clear focus on growth and sales, as well as the consistent use of AI. The fact that Oliver Walz is also joining the management team ensures the continuity that is so important during such a transition.” 

Philipp Mann, co-founder and former CEO 

“In five years, three agencies have grown into a group that ranks amongst the leading names in digital corporate communications in the German-speaking world. This development is now complete — and after more than twenty years with MPM and RYZE, this feels like the right moment for me to take a step back. With Meik Vogler and Oliver Walz at the helm, I know the company is in good hands — and I look forward to continuing to support RYZE in an advisory capacity.” 

Meik Vogler has been working in the agency and digital sectors for more than twenty years, most recently in senior management roles at Plan.Net and JAKALA, as well as spending eight years as managing director of the Hamburg-based digital agency Yours Truly. A key focus of his work is the use of artificial intelligence in marketing.   
 

Meik Vogler, CEO from 1 October 2026 

“In just a few years, Philipp Mann and the team have built something with RYZE Digital that is rare in the market: an outstanding position in digital corporate communications, combined with a high level of innovation and long-standing relationships with many of the largest companies in the German-speaking world. This track record is impressive. Together with Oliver Walz and all our colleagues, I would like to further build on this strength and raise our profile in the market even further — working closely with our clients and harnessing the opportunities that artificial intelligence opens up for our work. I am looking forward to the challenge and to working with the people at RYZE.” 

Oliver Walz has been responsible for the Group’s finance, controlling and administration as CFO since 2019 and has overseen the commercial integration of the acquired companies. Since the end of 2025, he has also been leading the central service lines in day-to-day operations as COO.