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.
From 2020 to 2025 he was Chairman of the Management Board of Rothschild & Co Vermögensverwaltung GmbH in Frankfurt, the group’s German wealth management business.
He is an INSEAD graduate and yet no pure banker: 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 is not yet lost — and what capital, technology and values must bring together so that Europe can shape the future rather than stand by and watch.
- Capital That Shapes: Why Wealth Needs Conviction Again
Behind every great fortune stands a person with a certain mindset — and the question of how allocation can once again become a force for change.
- The Direct Line: What 30 Years at the Top of the Wealth World Teach About Trust
Trust is built when nobody is trying to sell anything — an insider’s insights into 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 house for entrepreneurial families, working with them as a strategic partner on succession, technology and entrepreneurial decisions, and holds more than 30 investments of his own as a deep-tech 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?