A leading businessman, Henry Engelhardt is best known for his successful career in the insurance sector. Sitting at the helm of one of the leading UK insurance groups for over two decades, Henry is revered for shaping the Admiral Group into the trusted and respected company it is today. Since retiring from the Admiral Group, Henry has dedicated his time to mentoring, teaching and lecturing and is also booked as a speaker for corporate events. When booked as a speaker, Henry is perfectly positioned to share business insights and how he crafted Admiral Group into a highly prosperous company.
Famed for his work with the Admiral Group, Henry is best known as the CEO Emeritus and founder of Admiral Group motor insurance. Scouted by Lloyds of London to found the illustrious insurance company, Henry led Admiral to be listed on the London Stock Exchange and to become an FTSE 100 company. Named as one of the 100 largest publicly quoted companies back in 2007, Henry is credited for shaping the fortune of the £4 billion annual turnover company and solidifying its reputation as one of the leading insurance groups.
Originally Henry was a member of the Churchill Insurance group, and in 1991 he was called upon by Lloyds of London to found the Admiral Group. Under Henry’s supervision, the new company launched successfully in 1993. From that point on, Henry spearheaded the company as the CEO and shaped it into the organisation that we know today. A highly prosperous company, Admiral now boasts an impressive five million policyholders and employs a staff body of 11,000 worldwide. Henry is widely known for his top-level position at the organisation and has been recognised three times with The Sunday Times Best Companies To Work For Leader award.
With Admiral being the only company to be listed on the Sunday Times Best Companies To Work For in all 20 years it has been running, Henry’s is highly regarded as a businessman and considered an influential leader. Outside of Admiral, Henry has formerly been a board member of the Wales Millennium Centre, is the creator of The Moondance Foundation and a Giving Pledge member. He has also been appointed CBE for his achievements, authored the book Think Lead Succeed: The Admiral Way and is a board member of the WRU.
Today, Henry is often booked as a speaker for a range of corporate and public events, sought to share the successes of the Admiral Group. A great example of leadership and business management, Henry is perfectly positioned to discuss such topics as a speaker. Having also taught management at the IESE and Insead, Henry Engelhardt is perfectly positioned as a mentor and teacher in business and a great choice as a speaker for corporate events.
How to hire Henry Engelhardt
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Henry is often booked as a speaker for corporate events, read his latest feedback below.
"Henry is a frequent guest speaker in my MBA classes at INSEAD France and IESE Spain. His talks on leadership and management are immensely popular. Drawing from his personal experience as founder and CEO of Admiral, Henry describes his unique approach to managing a team, growing a business and instilling a winning company culture. While his own journey has been extremely successful, he modestly inspires his audience by declaring “If I can do it, you can do it. Henry’s credibility and authenticity are unparalleled, bolstered by data describing Admiral’s financial performance and Admiral team members’ feedback. Every talk is meticulously planned beforehand. Henry uses written MBA students’ comments to make constant improvements to his message. A frequent point of audience feedback is “I want to work at Henry’s company. It is always a pleasure to observe the rapt attention of multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-functional MBA students during Henry’s talks. I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending him.” - Professor Steve, INSEAD
"I asked Henry to speak to my leadership team in the context of a recent strategy retreat. I wanted him to share his insights and lessons learned from his experience founding and leading a company as formidable as Admiral. In his no nonsense, approachable fashion, Henry shared a number of relevant pointers related to everything from creating and maintaining the right culture to innovation and growing bottom line, accompanying each one with relatable examples. His humour, his eloquence, and his knowledge about how to build a sustainable, thriving, one-of-a-kind business was appreciated by everyone on my team. We continue to quote Henry, not to mention ‘Henryisms’ when discussing strategic decisions and issues of the day. I highly recommend Henry both as a speaker and an author. On this note, if you are unable to engage him for a presentation, you can also rely on the takeaways from his recent book: Think, Lead, Succeed, the Admiral Way. We placed a few copies in all our offices around the globe." - Pina, CEO Hamilton Insurance Group
