Wolfgang Münchau Keynote Speaker

Award Winning Author and Adviser on European and International Economics
Author of 'Kaput: The End of the German Miracle' (2024)
Columnist with UnHerd - Co-Founder of 'EuroIntelligence'

Wolfgang Münchau's Biography

Wolfgang Münchau is considered one of the world’s foremost economists and commentators on the Eurozone as well as on the global economy.

His latest book is “Kaput: The End of the German Miracle“, published in 2024 by Swift Press. Of the book, Prof. Timothy Garton Ash noted ‘‘With vivid anecdote, telling detail and characteristically robust language, Wolfgang Münchau excoriates the failure of Germany’s corporate neo-mercantilism to prepare for the economic challenges of today and tomorrow’.

Howard Davies said of the book “He writes as well about politics as he does about economics, a rare skill”

His previous book, “The Meltdown Years: The Unfolding of The Global Economic Crisis“, won the prestigious GetAbstract business book award in its original German-language version, Vorbeben (2008). He was the recipient of the 2012 SABEW award for best international columnist and the Wincott award for young journalist of the year in 1989.

Together with economist, Susanne Mundschenk, they co-founded and he edits Eurointelligence.com, a news analysis service dedicated to providing information and debate about the economics, finance and politics of the Eurozone. The Eurointelligence Daily Morning News briefing is widely considered to be the most incisive daily information sources on the Eurozone. His columns are syndicated to El Pais, Handelsblatt and Corriere della Sera. He is a columnist with UnHerd. Previously, he was a columnist with The New Statesman.

For many years, he wrote the European economic column of the Financial Times. He is known for his in depth knowledge and analysis of the political economy, both in Europe and globally.

A skilled communicator, his incisive views and insights are particularly appreciated by senior corporate leaders as he can take complex situations and scenarios and pare these back to the key issues and relate them to the business audiences.

Wolfgang is a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations. In 2014, he was the John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University.

He has written three German-language books, “Kernschmelze im Finanzsystem” (Meltdown in the Financial System), “Das Ende der sozialen Marktwirtschaft” (The End of the Social Free-market), and “Makrostrategie” (Macro-Investment Strategy)

Previously, Wolfgang co-founded and served as editor-in-chief of FT Deutschland. He holds Master’s degrees in mathematics and journalism.

Economic overviews - regional and global

He brings decades of frontline Eurozone reporting and analysis, including his long-running Financial Times column and Eurointelligence leadership, to help audiences understand Europe’s economic fault lines and what they mean for strategy.
He distils complex interactions between politics, finance and macroeconomics into clear scenarios that enable senior leaders to anticipate policy shifts, market stress and strategic inflection points.
He draws on the arguments in Kaput: The End of the German Miracle to challenge assumptions about industrial strength, competitiveness and resilience, giving organisations a sharper view of Germany’s changing role in Europe.
He offers a global macro perspective grounded in award-winning commentary and crisis analysis, helping boards and investors stress-test decisions against inflation, energy shocks and geopolitical fragmentation.
He combines deep expertise with a skilled, direct communication style that makes senior audiences faster and more confident in how they interpret risk, opportunity and economic narratives.