João is a partner in our Berlin office and leads the firm's European Wealth Management business, serving clients across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific.
He advises CEOs and executive leadership teams across the full spectrum of the wealth industry: global universal banks and their wealth divisions, international and regional private banks, digital wealth platforms and neo-brokers, WealthTech and trading infrastructure providers, multi-family offices and independent wealth managers, and private equity investors active in the sector.
João also leads the firm's coverage of several of its largest private equity clients, who are highly active across the wealth ecosystem, and has advised governments on national strategies to become leading global wealth hubs.
His work spans group strategy, commercial effectiveness, cost transformation, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and buy-side and vendor commercial due diligence. Recent engagements include global footprint and booking center strategy, growth agendas connecting wealth management with investment banking and asset management, M&A and post-merger integration support on some of the industry's most significant transactions, and cost transformations designed to self-fund AI and future growth.
He is a co-author of Oliver Wyman's annual "Wealth Management" industry flagship report nd serves as a judge for the Financial Times' annual Global Private Banking Awards. João also leads the firm's proprietary wealth industry assets, including Wealth Management Performance Benchmarking, which covers more than 100 firms worldwide, and Wealth Pools, which sizes private financial wealth across more than 90 markets and cross-border financial centers.
The wealth management industry is being reshaped by shifting wealth pools, new business models, and AI. Our clients value that we combine deep industry benchmarks and market data with honest, evidence-based advice on where to compete and how to win
Prior to joining Oliver Wyman, João worked as a M&A banker for an investment bank in Frankfurt. He holds a Master of Science in finance and economics from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management and has also studied finance, economics, and public policy at Sciences Po in Paris and PUC-Rio de Janeiro. He is fluent in German, Portuguese, and English.
Originally from Westphalia, Germany, João has Portuguese family roots and a strong passion for Brazilian music. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons, playing football, running, cooking, and dining out.