Executive Search & Consulting

Daniel Bauer is Manag­ing Part­ner of Valdivia Consult­ing GmbH, based in Frank­furt am Main.

After sever­al years work­ing in the real estate indus­try, he entered the consult­ing world in 2006 and was instru­men­tal in build­ing and devel­op­ing the market leader in special­ist recruit­ment consult­ing for the real estate indus­try in Germany. This signif­i­cant expe­ri­ence paved the way for the creation of Valdivia, where he has been driving strate­gic market devel­op­ment in German-speak­ing coun­tries ever since.

With almost two decades of exec­u­tive search expe­ri­ence, Daniel Bauer has success­ful­ly complet­ed more than 500 search mandates. His port­fo­lio covers an impres­sive range of manage­ment posi­tions, includ­ing C‑level posi­tions, manag­ing direc­tors, part­ners, branch and depart­ment managers and high­ly specialised experts. He assists nation­al and inter­na­tion­al organ­i­sa­tions, from glob­al corpo­ra­tions to medi­um and small busi­ness­es, in fill­ing key positions.He builds last­ing and trust­ing rela­tion­ships with his clients through his exten­sive network, which stretch­es from London to the German-speak­ing coun­tries. He combines a compre­hen­sive under­stand­ing of indus­try needs with a clear focus on long-term success.

Daniel’s acad­e­m­ic back­ground is in civil engi­neer­ing, having grad­u­at­ed from the High­er Tech­ni­cal Insti­tute in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. He has exten­sive inter­na­tion­al expe­ri­ence in London and the USA and speaks fluent English in addi­tion to his native German. Daniel is a member of gif Gesellschaft für Immo­bilien­wirtschaftliche Forschung e.V. and lives with his fami­ly in the Frank­furt am Main area.

Antho­ny Baum­ruk is Part­ner at Valdivia Consult­ing GmbH, based in Frank­furt am Main.

Antho­ny Baum­ruk began his profes­sion­al career in New York where he worked for sever­al years in the corpo­rate finance divi­sion of lead­ing inter­na­tion­al finan­cial insti­tu­tions. In 2010, he made the switch to consult­ing and took on the respon­si­bil­i­ty of build­ing up the finance divi­sion of a now market-lead­ing recruit­ment consul­tan­cy in the real estate indus­try in Germany. In this role, he achieved remark­able success both in a manage­r­i­al capac­i­ty and in the success­ful execu­tion of numer­ous exec­u­tive search mandates. Since found­ing Valdivia, he has played a deci­sive role in shap­ing the company’s strate­gic and oper­a­tional direc­tion and is respon­si­ble for the finance division.

With his exten­sive exper­tise in the real estate finance indus­try, Mr Baum­ruk advis­es nation­al and inter­na­tion­al compa­nies on fill­ing key posi­tions. His client base includes glob­al corpo­ra­tions as well as medi­um-sized and small­er compa­nies. During the course of his career, he has success­ful­ly filled over 400 manage­ment posi­tions, includ­ing CFOs, COOs, finance direc­tors, branch managers and depart­ment heads. His in-depth indus­try knowl­edge and reli­able network, which covers the entire finance and real estate indus­try in German-speak­ing coun­tries, make him a valued and reli­able partner.

Antho­ny Baum­ruk stud­ied polit­i­cal science at the Amer­i­can Univer­si­ty in Wash­ing­ton, D.C., and grad­u­at­ed with a Bach­e­lor of Arts. The German-Cana­di­an is a member of the Urban Land Insti­tute (ULI Germany) and the gif Gesellschaft für Immo­bilien­wirtschaftliche Forschung e.V. (Soci­ety of Prop­er­ty Researchers, Germany). He lives with his fami­ly in Greater Rhine-Main.

Jessi­ca Böser is Prin­ci­pal at Valdivia Consult­ing GmbH based in Frank­furt, Germany.
Since the begin­ning of her career, Jessi­ca has consis­tent­ly specialised in Exec­u­tive Search. During her stud­ies she gained valu­able expe­ri­ence in renowned manage­ment consul­tan­cies and lead­ing exec­u­tive search compa­nies. She further deep­ened her exper­tise by partic­i­pat­ing in numer­ous nation­al and inter­na­tion­al projects in the finan­cial and real estate sectors.

At Valdivia, Jessi­ca works with the part­ners on complex mandates in the finance, real estate and construc­tion sectors. She plays a key role in the recruit­ment of top-level exec­u­tives for large glob­al corpo­ra­tions as well as medi­um-sized and small­er compa­nies. Her work is char­ac­terised by outstand­ing profes­sion­al­ism, metic­u­lous care and an effi­cient approach. Jessi­ca brings in-depth indus­try knowl­edge and a keen sense of her clients’ and candi­dates’ needs.

Jessi­ca Böser holds a Bach­e­lor of Science degree in Econom­ics with a major in Finance and Account­ing from the Goethe Univer­si­ty in Frank­furt am Main and also a degree in Real Estate Econom­ics from the renowned IREBS Real Estate Acad­e­my. In addi­tion to her native German, Jessi­ca Böser is fluent in English and Span­ish and lives in Frank­furt am Main.

As a student of applied psychol­o­gy, Mr Wander was already able to gain expe­ri­ence in research and manage­ment consult­ing. At Valdivia, he supports us in engage­ment manage­ment and as a research analyst for all areas of our exec­u­tive search — i.e. the prop­er­ty indus­try, the construc­tion indus­try and the finan­cial sector. He moni­tors devel­op­ments in these sectors across the board and iden­ti­fies rele­vant and promis­ing trends and market movements.

His prudence and instinct for rele­vant infor­ma­tion help him to iden­ti­fy promis­ing indus­try topics and poten­tial candi­dates for us. He combines dili­gence and analyt­i­cal skills with a friend­ly, open approach both with­in the team and with exter­nal contacts. In addi­tion to his native German, he is fluent in English, French and Russ­ian. Mr Wander lives in the city of Frank­furt am Main.

Maren Fleck is Senior Exec­u­tive Assis­tant at Valdivia Consult­ing GmbH, based in Frank­furt am Main, Germany.

Since the foun­da­tion of Valdivia, Maren Fleck has been respon­si­ble for all admin­is­tra­tive matters and has thus played a deci­sive role in shap­ing the company’s inter­nal struc­tures and process­es. Her broad exper­tise covers market­ing, human resources, IT, gener­al support and compre­hen­sive project support. In her key posi­tion, she combines the oper­a­tional activ­i­ties of exec­u­tive search with the strate­gic manage­ment of the entire back office, making her an indis­pens­able pillar of the company’s success.

Her career has been shaped by inter­na­tion­al expe­ri­ence in the UK and by respon­si­ble assis­tant posi­tions in the consult­ing, phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal whole­sale and hotel indus­tries. These roles have provid­ed her with a wealth of knowl­edge and versa­til­i­ty, comple­ment­ed by excel­lent commu­ni­ca­tion skills and many years of expe­ri­ence in prop­er­ty recruit­ment. Her deep passion for the construc­tion and prop­er­ty indus­tries under­pins her excep­tion­al indus­try knowledge.

Maren Fleck is a qual­i­fied trans­la­tor and inter­preter special­is­ing in legal texts and holds a degree from the Insti­tute for Foreign Languages in Erlan­gen, Germany. She is a member of the Inter­na­tion­al Manage­ment Asso­ci­a­tion IMA Germany e.V. and lives with her fami­ly near Frank­furt am Main.

Ms Hein­rich stud­ied in Munich, where she earned her diplo­ma in Jour­nal­ism and Media Commu­ni­ca­tion. After that, she followed a call abroad where she then spent a major part of her life. She expe­ri­enced inter­na­tion­al life in London, Singa­pore and Zurich, where she worked as an assis­tant and office manag­er for renowned enter­pris­es in differ­ent indus­tries, such as consult­ing, luxu­ry goods, educa­tion, and tourism.

She is excel­lent at making contact with people and show­ing sincere inter­est in their needs and wish­es. This is exact­ly why she is such an outstand­ing repre­sen­ta­tive of the service ideals of Valdivia and serves as an impor­tant touch point for our clients, our candi­dates, and our team. Ms Hein­rich commu­ni­cates in German and English, both in speak­ing and in writ­ing. Togeth­er with her fami­ly, she lives in Bad Homburg.