Last week I was a speaker at the Financial Institutions Insurance conference in Munich, sharing the platform with Dr. Philipp Wassenburg, Global Head of Casualty Treaty Global Clients/North America, and Alexander Stampf, Head of Financial Institutions, both of Munich Re.
Philipp and Alexander are both great guys and have that wonderful and particularly European sense of excitement, professionalism and curiousity about what they do–they are interested in their jobs, rather than simply getting through them. And so many of the younger people at the conference were cosmopolitan, multi-lingual and utterly clued-up about the world and the world they live in, in particular. It was a real buzz, and I came away feeling very invigorated.
After the talk–we were the final slot on Day 2–Alexander took me to the Seehaus in the Englischer Garten for beer, spargel (asparagus) and ham, before I had to hot-foot it back to the rail station to get back out to the airport. Alexander and I share a loathing of commuting and will shortly form the Anti-Commuting Club to encourage the greening of inner cities and an increased use of bikes, local shops, community etc. Or something like that.
The beer is good at the Seehaus, too.
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