Hans-Walter Peters (born 3 April 1955) is a German banker.

He is the current spokesman of the personally liable partners (i.e. head) of Berenberg Bank[1] and the president of the Association of German Banks, the main lobby group for Germany's financial sector.

Peters earned a doctorate in economics at the University of Kiel in 1986, and started his career as a bond portfolio analyst with Dresdner Bank in 1987.

He was head of portfolio strategy at DZ Bank 1989–1990 and head of the securities division at Frankfurter Volksbank 1990–1994.

[2][3] In 2010, Peters and his co-chairman Hendrik Riehmer borrowed €72 million to buy a 21 per cent stake in Berenberg previously held by public lender NordLB.