LAIQON AG, a Hamburg-based asset and wealth manager, is realigning its leadership structure to support its next phase of growth. The Supervisory Board has appointed Achim Plate and Axel Hörger as joint Chief Executive Officers, combining their complementary expertise to strengthen the execution of the company’s GROWTH 28 growth and scaling strategy.
Achim Plate has served as CEO of the LAIQON Group since January 2020, playing a pivotal role in the company’s development, strategic realignment, and growth. Under his leadership, LAIQON has evolved into an innovative asset and wealth manager offering a range of traditional, digital, and AI-based investment solutions. Axel Hörger has been a member of the Management Board and Chief Strategy Officer since January 2026. Since then, Plate and Hörger have worked closely together to implement the GROWTH 28 strategy, and the joint CEO structure builds on this well-established collaboration.
Under the revised allocation of responsibilities, Achim Plate will be responsible for the Digital Wealth business segment, including its white-label partnerships, as well as the Group functions of Finance, Technology, and Investor Relations/Corporate Communications. Axel Hörger will remain responsible for the Asset Management and Wealth Management business segments, as well as the Group functions of Internationalisation and Sustainability.
“With Achim Plate and Axel Hörger, LAIQON has two experienced leaders whose skill sets complement each other exceptionally well,” said Dr Stefan Rindfleisch, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of LAIQON AG. “With the joint CEO structure, we are strengthening our operational leadership and positioning the company to successfully deliver LAIQON’s next phase of growth and scaling.”
As part of the company’s continued development, the Supervisory Board intends to appoint an additional member of the Management Board in 2027, with both internal and external candidates under consideration. “The joint CEO structure will allow us to leverage our combined experience and expertise even more effectively,” said Achim Plate. “Together with Axel Hörger and the entire LAIQON team, we aim to further develop our asset management offering and strengthen our comprehensive client service in wealth management. At the same time, we aim to scale our digital and AI-based solutions further, thereby accelerating our GROWTH strategy.”
With GROWTH 28, LAIQON is positioning itself as an AI-focused asset and wealth manager, combining traditional asset and wealth management with AI-based digital investment solutions delivered via a scalable platform. The company aims to increase assets under management to more than EUR 15 billion by 2028. To achieve this, LAIQON intends to continue expanding its platform architecture and strengthen its competitive edge in AI within European wealth management. The strengths of its three business segments are to be more closely integrated, unlocking additional potential for growth and scaling.
International expansion will initially focus on selected core European markets. LAIQON has already established distribution channels in the Benelux countries and France, with additional market access in Italy and Spain, while continuing to expand its presence in Switzerland. The company manages assets of EUR 11.61 billion on a fiduciary basis as at 30 September 2026 and has been publicly listed since 2005. The original release is available via www.newmediawire.com, as distributed by NEWMEDIAWIRE.
