About Bernhard Kerres.
Opera singer. CEO. Leadership practitioner. AI builder. The full story brings together 20+ years of running things — from concert halls to listed tech companies — into one practice: helping leaders find sharp questions and honest answers.
Bernhard has led one of Europe's most prestigious concert halls, taken a listed tech company through a turnaround, built and sold a startup, and spent the last 15 years designing leadership programs for some of Europe's most demanding organizations.
Practice over theory.
The work I do today is shaped by the chairs I've sat in. Coaching from a textbook isn't the same as coaching from experience — and the leaders I work with notice the difference.
I believe leadership is built through rehearsal, not just reflection. That's why every program I design includes practice — with people, with music, and now with AI.
It usually starts with a coffee.
Most of the work I do today started with a 30-minute conversation. No pitch. No commitment. Just two people figuring out whether there's something worth building together.
Where Bernhard had coffee (and worked).
From Vienna to the world — places where Bernhard and friends have coached, taught, performed, or built programs.