Are you looking for fresh impetus for your company or new perspectives in your career? We support you with experience and passion. Executive Search, the placement of top executives and decision makers - individually or as a team - is our specialised field of business. We analyse, advise and match requirements and skills, personalities and career opportunities.
Valdivia stands for depth and competence. We know the construction and real estate industry in detail due to our many years of experience. This means that we can offer you all the expertise you need to fill demanding positions in a complex and ever-evolving environment.
We offer comprehensive expertise for all property sectors. Those who develop, build, manage or finance real estate require a special understanding and unique skill set - especially at the senior end of the market. We have chosen our specialisation deliberately and possess many years of experience. We create trust because we speak the language of our clients and our international network, which has grown over decades, extends to all real estate sectors and industries.
Executive Search is a task of the highest responsibility. We meet this obligation with care and passion.
We give everything, as if we were part of your company.
We are trustworthy, open and authentic.
We are professionally at home in all real estate sectors.
We have a proven track record.
We are highly disciplined and always want the best for company and candidate alike.
We always aim at sustainable, long-term fruitful solution for both sides.
“Real Estate is elementary for people, society and industry and shapes our living space in a truly unique way. The real estate industry both inspires and fascinates people — we have dedicated ourselves to it with passion.”
Daniel M. Bauer is Managing Partner at Valdivia Consulting GmbH in Frankfurt am Main.
After several years in the broader real estate industry, Daniel entered the consulting market in 2006. He was instrumental in the creation and development of the current market leading company in specialised personnel consulting for the real estate industry in Germany, before accepting the partnership at Valdivia.
For more than a decade, Daniel Bauer has been specialised in Executive Search, working on behalf of national and international companies (Corporates as well as medium and small companies). Daniel has been part of more than four hundred search mandates covering leading positions, i.e. positions on C‑level, MDs, Partners, Branch and Department Heads, Directors as well as specialised experts.
Daniel cultivates deep, successful, long-term relationships with clients and his extensive network now extends from London to the entire German-speaking region.
Daniel Bauer graduated from the Department of Structural Engineering at the Higher Technical College, Wiener Neustadt in Austria. He then spent several years abroad in both London and the USA and speaks fluent English and native German. Today he lives with his family in Greater Frankfurt.
“Executive search is multi-faceted and, at Valdivia, meets true passion for real estate. The ability to truly read leader personalities, coupled with in-depth industry knowledge — these represent the pillars of competent consulting.”
At the beginning of his professional career, Mr. Baumruk worked for several years for international financial institutions in Corporate Finance in New York. From 2010 onwards, he turned to consulting and, during the following 10 years, built up the finance division in Germany for what is now a leading recruitment firm in the Real Estate industry. Here he was just as successful in his management position as with numerous Executive Search mandates. He has been with Valdivia since its foundation and is now responsible for the Finance division.
As an expert in the Real Estate finance sector, Mr. Baumruk supports national and international companies in filling executive positions. His clients include large corporations as well as medium-sized and small companies. In total, he has played a key role in more than 300 searches for CFOs, COOs, branch and department heads, finance directors and similar positions. His active network within the Finance and Real Estate industry spans the whole of Germany. His clients particularly appreciate his track record and closing reliability.
Anthony Baumruk graduated from the American University in Washington D.C. with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. His native languages are German and English. Today, he lives with his family in the Rhine-Main area.
He is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI Germany).
Mutual trust is the prerequisite for all our actions. Only where we succeed in creating trust between all those involved can we achieve the kind of productive, respectful connection that is the aim of our work. And we are grateful to see this confirmed by our clients. Please find below a selection of client references:
"Quality awareness, accurate implementation and flexibility - with Anthony Baumruk at Valdivia, we clearly have the right partner at our side. Corresponding to our needs, Valdivia supports and advises us in a professional and highly transparent manner. We are very satisfied indeed with our cooperation.”
"I specifically appointed Mr. Baumruk as we place our trust in him. He conducted an in-depth analysis of the market for us, provided immensely valuable strategic recommendations and helped us significantly in expanding the Real Estate Private Debt division. We are very pleased with the result so far."
"Valdivia team members helped us find our Head of Germany. They took the time to understand our business model and our culture, identifying early on the prospects who would fit well within our business. The process was efficient and well managed from start to finish.”
"Mr. Bauer combines many years of experience, highest precision and high-level competence in the specialised field of real estate executive search."
"In Mr Baumruk, we have a partner for filling our specialist and management positions in the area of Commercial Real Estate Financing who, with his many years of experience, his extensive network and his knowledge of our co-operative corporate culture, always offers custom-fit solutions."
"Our vacancy was filled swiftly and with the absolute "best fit" possible. At all times, the process with the Valdivia team was transparent and open, from the intial phase onwards, and characterised by a truly positive, constructive exchange."
"Trust is a top priority for us. Daniel Bauer stands for guaranteed discretion, market know-how and real estate expertise."
"After Valdivia having identified various, very good candidates, the project was subsequently closed both successfully and quickly. Mr Bauer has an outstanding network and a comparatively high level of empathy and understanding for the client's requirements."
After a thorough analysis of our needs and the market, Mr Bauer and his team presented promising candidates for the position of Head of German Asset Management within a short period of time. As a result, a highly suitable executive was found. The entire process was extremely smooth and very professional.
"Our search project with Valdivia was highly targeted and progressed without any loss of time whatsoever. The quality of all candidates presented matched our desired profile in every respect and we were always kept fully informed of the progress of the process."
"Valdivia stands for first-class performance. Our special thanks go to Daniel Bauer for his highly competent, efficient and discreet advice in the search process for our Managing Director. Mr. Bauer also gave the impetus for the team move to set up our complete, powerful team for our market entry in Germany."
"Through Valdivia we were able to successfully find a CEO for our new product line. Our search process with Valdivia was very targeted and transparent. The candidates presented all had a high suitability for the function we were looking for. We did not have to make any compromises in the selection process and were able to fill the position competently."
To us, sustainable planning and action is a core element of executive search. Be it a company or candidate who places trusts in us – they are all looking for a connection to the future. So what could be more obvious to us than to promote sustainability in other areas as well?
In our blog, we talk about real estate marketing, employer branding, our special approach — and the topic that is especially at our heart: a sustainable future for our children and our world. We wish you an wonderful reading experience!
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