Veganz: CEO change on October 1, 2025
Financial expert Tegtmeier succeeds founder Bredack
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Veganz Group AG announces a change at the top of the company. Founder and current CEO Jan Bredack will step down from the Management Board on September 30, 2025 and hand over operational responsibility to experienced financial expert Rayan Tegtmeier.
Since its foundation in 2011, Jan Bredack has developed Veganz from a vegan supermarket chain into an innovative producer of plant-based foods with strong growth prospects and an international presence. With a clear focus on sustainability, innovation and a solid financial base, he has laid the foundation for further dynamic growth.
As Managing Director of OrbiFarm GmbH, Jan Bredack will in future concentrate on the indoor farming sector with the main fields of activity of food security, pharmaceutical supply, CO2 storage and the production of raw materials for the construction and clothing industry. However, he will remain closely associated with Veganz Group AG as its largest shareholder.
With Rayan Tegtmeier, Veganz gains a dynamic CEO with more than 24 years of experience in the development of forward-looking growth strategies, strategic planning and corporate management as well as profit responsibility in multinational companies. Mr. Tegtmeier holds a degree in business administration and has a sound education in German and international tax law.
Mr. Tegtmeier has successfully developed companies in over 35 countries, was CFO at nu3 Group, interim CEO at OTI Greentech AG (IPO Frankfurt) and has implemented several buy-and-build strategies in the DACH region. His expertise lies in particular in business development, M&A activities, debt advisory, the management of multi-family offices and the optimization of international financial processes.
Mr. Tegtmeier is very familiar with complex holding structures and combines strategic vision with operational excellence - the best prerequisites for successfully developing Veganz as a scalable technology company in the next growth phase. The new holding structure of Veganz is necessary and sensible in order to make the management of the fast-growing subsidiaries more efficient.
As a capital market expert, he will also further develop Veganz's investor relations activities and strengthen access to the capital market in a targeted manner - an important lever for creating shareholder value.
Jan Bredack, outgoing CEO of Veganz, said: "After almost 15 years, this step as founder is not easy for me, but I am handing over the baton with a very good feeling after the successful transformation of Veganz Group AG from a retail company to a FoodTech company over the past two years. I have put an incredible amount of heart and soul into this company and I am convinced that Veganz Group AG will continue on its successful path in the long term. As the largest shareholder, I will of course continue to accompany this path, but I am also looking forward to my new challenge as Managing Director of OrbiFarm GmbH, to which I am now fully dedicated."
"Over the past few months, I have had the opportunity to get to know Rayan Tegtmeier intensively and have come to appreciate him both professionally and personally. I am convinced of his abilities and his strategic vision - he is exactly the right expert to successfully implement the next growth phase of Veganz Group AG as an investment holding company," he explained.
Rayan Tegtmeier, designated CEO of Veganz, said: "I am very much looking forward to the new, exciting task at Veganz - a company with innovative products, great potential and the best prerequisites for profitable international growth. The transformation into a high-performance technology holding company offers a wide range of opportunities that we must successfully exploit together with the team."
"Under my leadership, the focus is clearly on profitable scaling, efficient cash allocation and the organic and inorganic expansion of the business. My goal is to accelerate the path we have taken, to open up new growth markets and to inspire institutional investors for Veganz in order to gradually reduce the - in my opinion - blatant undervaluation of the share," he explained.
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