Henrik Herr is not a banker who gives lectures — he is an entrepreneur and investor who has spent decades at the forefront of european wealth management industry and who now builds bridges between capital, technology, and the entrepreneurial families in whose hands a large portion of Europe’s wealth lies.
Henrik Herr spent two decades at the top of the European wealth world — eleven years at Deutsche Bank, almost eighteen at Credit Suisse, most recently as Head of Private Banking for Germany and Austria, and since 2020 as Head of Wealth Management Germany and Chairman of the Management Board at Rothschild & Co. He is an INSEAD graduate — and yet no pure banker.
Capital that creates, not waits. – Henrik Herr
Henrik Herr took over a mid-sized company in a succession himself, leaving Credit Suisse to do so. He knows what it feels like to carry responsibility for employees and a family’s wealth, rather than merely manage it.
Henrik Herr Lecture Topics
- Driver or Passenger? Europe’s Role in the Greatest Technological Shift
Why the race for our future isn’t lost — and what capital, technology, and values must bring together so that Europe can shape the future rather than just watch from the sidelines.
- Capital That Shapes: Why Wealth Needs Conviction Again
Behind every great fortune is a person with a certain mindset — and the question of how asset allocation can once again become a source of creative power.
- The Direct Line: What 30 Years at the Top of the Wealth World Teach About Trust
Trust is built when no one is trying to sell anything — An insider’s perspective on how a conversation turns into a partnership.
- If You’re the Smartest Person in the Room, You’re in the Wrong Room
On curiosity, the right people, and the right technology — an entrepreneurial approach to leadership and lifelong learning.
Today Henrik Herr is an entrepreneur and investor. He is building an independent Investment and advisory house for entrepreneurial families, advising families directly on wealth, succession and capital strategy, and holds more than 30 investments of his own as a deeptech investor — from IQM Quantum to AlpineAI. As a Strategic Advisor at TUM Entrepreneurship, he is connected to Germany’s largest succession ecosystem.
On stage, Henrik Herr is a bridge-builder: between capital, technology and the people who move both. He speaks about the greatest technological transformation of our time, About Europe’s chance at sovereignty, and about how wealth can once again become a force for building. His conviction: capital should shape, not merely manage. Those who listen leave the room with one question — driver or passenger?