About Fischer HRM

Reliable. Creative. Fast.

Appreciation – the key to success!

Mutual appreciation is a fundamental prerequisite to good cooperation in diversity. Appreciation itself is a form of value creation.

At Fischer HRM our multi-national team of colleagues achieves its goals with an extremely close and fruitful cooperation with international companies and candidates.

The office we share in Düsseldorf is a major key to this work approach. Communication is dynamic here and creativity thrives, allowing us to put these synergies to work. The outcome is our truly international way of thinking from which we all benefit.

The team supports our Dutch colleague in the search for an Austrian manager for the Austrian subsidiary of a Dutch company.
For a Japanese company, our Russian colleague helps her Japanese colleague to find the Russian Country Manager for a Japanese company, who has international experience and whose personality fits into the Japanese corporate culture!

Maria Fischer founded Fischer HRM GmbH in 2002. Her main motivation was to apply her many years of experience in international recruitment into a value- and quality-oriented company according to her definition and understanding.

She achieves this goal with a team of colleagues and employees who share the value and quality orientation which Fischer HRM also supports with its membership in the Association of German Management Consultants (Bund deutscher Unternehmensberater) and the Diversity Charter, a corporate initiative that promotes diversity.

Fischer HRM upholds the professional ethical principles of the BDU and the values of the Diversity Charter.

”Appreciation is a wonderful thing: it makes what is excellent in others become part of us.”
François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), French philosopher and author known by the nom de plume Voltaire

International team

Maria Fischer ist Gründerin und geschäftsführende Gesellschafterin von Fischer HRM. Seit fast dreißig Jahren ist sie in der Personalberatung tätig und besitzt fundierte Kenntnisse in den Branchen Maschinen-, Werkzeug- und Anlagenbau, Gesundheitswesen, Chemie, Energiewirtschaft, Logistik, Sicherheitstechnologie und Non-Profit-Organisationen.

Maria Fischer

Managing Owner
Human Resources Management Consultant
Certified Recruitment Consultant CERC/BDU

 

  • Industry experience: technology companies and non-profit organisations
  • Areas of expertise: personnel recruitment, career counselling and coaching
  • Master of Arts in Politics, Sociology and International Law (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster)
  • Supervisor (German Association for Supervision, DGSV)
  • 3 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions
  • Human Resources consultant since 1991
  • Foundation of Fischer HRM in 2002
  • Client and search commissions in Europe, the USA, East Asia, Australia, South America and the Middle East
  • Responsible for Desk France
  • Chairwoman of the Association of Catholic Entrepreneurs (Bund Katholischer Unternehmer, BKU) of the Düsseldorf diocesan group, www.bku.de
  • Founding member of the Rotary Club Düsseldorf-Schlossturm
  • German, English, French
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 10

 

“Nothing good happens, unless you make it!”
Erich Kästner

 

Fischer HRM Internationale Personalberatung Japan Desk: Esther Auffermann besetzt für japanische Unternehmen Positionen in Deutschland. Für deutsche Unternehmen besetzt Fischer HRM Japan Desk Positionen in Japan, z. B. in Niederlassungen vor Ort.

Esther Auffermann

Project Manager / Researcher
Japan Desk

 

  • Master of Arts (Honours) degree in Japanese Studies (University of Edinburgh)
  • 1 year study abroad in Japan (Seikei University)
  • German, English, Japanese
  • Project Manager and Researcher at Fischer HRM since 2019
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 36

 

„You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.“
Wayne Gretzky

 

Anthony Bauer

Researcher

 

Studies Psychology at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf
Relevant professional experience with a DAX company in HR performance and global marketing
Since 2021 Working Student in the research team at Fischer HRM
German, English
+49 211 – 749 686 – 28

 

„Give every day the chance to be the best day of your life.“
Mark Twain

Filiz Bostanci

Project Manager / Researcher

 

  • Bachelor`s degree in Literatur, Culture, Media Studies as principal subject, language and communication as minor subject from the Siegen University
  • 5 years spent working in Seville, Spain, 6 months study abroad in Istanbul, Turkey
  • 1,5 years working as a Sales & Project Manager for the German and Turkish market in a global acting company in Spain
  • At Fischer HRM since 2017
  • German, Turkish, English, Spanish, Italian
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 42

 

„Do not waste your time looking for an obstacle. Maybe there is none.“
Franz Kafka

Laura-Marie Buchsteiner

Researcher

 

  • Chinese Studies and Studies of German Language and Literature at the Ruhr University Bochum
  • 2018/2019 stay abroad at the National Taiwan University in Taipei
  • Chinese Studies and Studies of German Language and Literature at the Ruhr-University Bochum with the degree Bachelor of Arts
  • Since 2021 working student in the research team at Fischer HRM
  • German, English, Chinese
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 19

 

„Do not spend time looking for the obstacle, perhaps there is none.“
Franz Kafka

 

Gina Hagel

Head of Project / Office Management
France Desk

In parental leave

  • State-approved, Chamber of Industry and Commerce-certified Business Assistant/Foreign Language Secretary for English and French
  • 1 year of language training in Australia
  • 5 years as an Assistant in an American company
  • 2005: Assistant to the Managing Director at an American human resources management company
  • At Fischer HRM since 2006
  • Since 2018 Certified Data Protection Officer (German Society for Quality)
  • German, English
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 20

 

“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
Confucius

 

Birgit Henschel-Neumann

Senior Consultant

 

  • Industry experience: Automotive, construction, mechanical and plant engineering, insurance, construction, healthcare
  • Trained as an industrial clerk, then studied spatial planning at the Technical University of Dortmund, specialising in location development and technology transfer (graduated as an engineer)
  • Scientific assistant for technology transfer
  • Managing director of technology and start-up centres
  • Consulting in international technology and location development projects (focus on Eastern Europe and USA)
  • Member of international teams of the European Union for location assessments
  • Many years of experience as a personnel consultant in filling specialist and executive positions as well as consulting in talent management
  • Senior consultant at Fischer HRM from 2011-2016 and since 2021
  • German, English
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 40

 

„There are only two ways to live: Either as if nothing were a miracle or as if everything were a miracle.“
Albert Einstein

Fischer HRM Internationale Personalberatung Japan Desk: Akiko Ito besetzt für japanische Unternehmen Positionen in Deutschland. Für deutsche Unternehmen besetzt Fischer HRM Japan Desk Positionen in Japan, z. B. in Niederlassungen vor Ort.

Akiko Ito

Senior Consultant
Head of Japan Desk
helps our clients in personnel recruitment and makes Location consulting for Japanese companies

 

  • Industry experience: machine and plant engineering, medical technology, B2B retail
  • Areas of expertise: human resources consulting
  • Certified translator for German, Spanish, and Japanese with a focus on politics (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University in Bonn)
  • 5 years of experience in education
  • 5 years as a Sales and Customer Care Manager
  • A Human Resources Consultant at Fischer HRM since 2007
  • Japanese, German, Spanish, English
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 60

 

“Even if I knew the world were to end tomorrow, I would still plant an apple tree today.”
Japanese saying, also attributed to Martin Luther

 

Sarah Jahnel

Project Manager / Marketing

 

  • Traineeship as bank clerk
  • Stay abroad for 3 months as au pair and language student in Sydney
  • Stay abroad for 4,5 months as au pair and language student in Paris
  • B. Sc. Business Administration at the University of Cologne with focus on Strategy, Organization and Human Resources as well as Service Management in the example of trade fair industry
  • 2021: Management Assistant and Project Assistant in a start-up company
  • Since 2022 Project Manager at Fischer HRM
  • German, English, French
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 25

 

„Life is about choices. Some we regret, some we’re proud of. Some will haunt us forever. The message: We are what we chose to be.“
Graham Brown

Sarah Kruse

Senior Consultant
Co-Head of Research

 

  • Industry experience: technology companies, automotive, IT, Real Estate, Health Care,  and
    non-profit organisations
  • Areas of expertise: personnel recruiting
  • Master´s degree in hotel business management with focus on catering- and eventmanagement, Hamburg
  • Certified Master Sourcer
  • Experience in Human Resources Project Management since 2013
  • German, English, French
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 35

 

„Paths are made by walking them.“
Franz Kafka

Hannah Menzler

Project Manager / Researcher / IT & Data Protection

 

  • Student of Modern Japanese Studies (Master of Arts) at Heinrich Heine University
  • 2020 study abroad in Japan at Osaka university
  • Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Japanese Studies and English at Heinrich Heine University
  • Researcher and Project Assistant at Fischer HRM since 2021
  • German, English, Japanese
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 14

 

„You get what anybody gets – you get a lifetime.“
Neil Gaiman

Elke Moers

Accounting / HR

 

  • Studied economics at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Mönchengladbach with a degree in business administration
  • Accountant at Fischer HRM since September 2017
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 33

Katrin Oltmanns

Project Manager / Researcher
Japan Desk

 

  • Studies Modern Japanese and English at the Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf
  • 2 years of studies in Japan, one in Okinawa and one in Yokohama
  • At Fischer HRM – Japan Desk – since 2020
  • German, English, Japanese
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 31

 

„Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.“
Dalai Lama

 

Laura Ostermann Project Assistent China Desk

Laura Ostermann

Project Manager / Researcher
China Desk

 

  • Stay abroad as an English elementary school teacher in Dongguan, China
  • Several years of work experience in journalism, web content management and media
  • Studies in Sinology and Economics at the Ruhr-University Bochum
  • Studies abroad at Tongji University in Shanghai, China
  • Since 2019 Woking Student at Fischer HRM – China Desk
  • German, English, Chinese
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 29

 

„A journey of a thousand li starts with the first step.“
Laozi

 

Christoph Pietsch

Senior Consultant

 

  • Industry experience: service industry, machine and plant engineering, automotive, IT
  • Areas of expertise: human resources consulting, sales consulting
  • Apprenticeship in wholesale and foreign trade (focus on B2B sales)
  • 20 years of successful work in the personnel consulting environment
  • 5 years team leader sales; international personnel service provider
  • 15 years experience as Managing Director; HR consulting and staffing for well-known companies
  • Senior Consultant at Fischer HRM since 2021
  • German, English, Polish
  • +49  211 – 749 686 – 18

 

„Being able to ask wisely is half the wisdom”.
Francis Bacon

Nanhui Qi

Senior Consultant
Head of China Desk

 

  • Industry experience: glass technology, B2B retail
  • Area of expertise: recruiting
  • Master´s degree in metallurgy and materials engineering (specialisation in glass) from the RWTH Aachen University
  • 5 years of experience in distribution and technical support for an international consultancy in Asia, specialising in glass
  • Avocational commitment as moderator and coordinator of career fairs for Chinese graduates as well as organiser of German-Chinese conventions
  • Foundation of the podcast www.china-job-welle.com with regular interviews and news, thus built up a huge network of numerous successful Chinese graduates from German universities as well as young professionals
  • Since 2012, HR consulting at Fischer HRM
  • Chinese, German, English
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 26

 

“No matter what kind of cards you have in your hand you must take them, all you can do is do your best and hope to have the best result.”
Mother of Dwight David Eisenhower

 

Fischer HRM Internationale Personalberatung Japan Desk: Jana Romero-Giron besetzt für japanische Unternehmen Positionen in Deutschland. Für deutsche Unternehmen besetzt Fischer HRM Japan Desk Positionen in Japan, z. B. in Niederlassungen vor Ort.

Jana Romero-Giron

Project Manager / Researcher
Japan Desk

 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Regional Studies of Asia/Africa with focus on Japan and Media Studies (Humboldt-University Berlin)
  • 2 years spent living, studying and working in Japan (Tôkai-University in Kanagawa, Okinawa and Kyoto)
  • 5 years of experience working as a project assistant for event marketing
  • German, English, Spanish, Japanese
  • A Project Manager and Reseacher Japan Desk at Fischer HRM since 2015
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 32

 

“Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans”
John Lennon

 

Blanka Schygulla

Senior Consultant
Co-Head of Research

 

  • Master´s degree in economics from the Goethe University of Frankfurt
  • 5 years as a researcher at Berndtson International
  • A freelance executive researcher since 1993. Search for and selection of specialists, middle-and top management for companies in all branches.
  • 3 years spent working in Vietnam. Executive for research projects for the subsidiaries of German companies, in cooperation with a local consultancy.
  • At Fischer HRM since 2015
  • German, English, Czech
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 23

 

„If you do what you always did, you’ll get what you always got.“
Henry Ford

Daniel Skinner

Senior Consultant
IT & Digital Desk

 

  • Over 10 years’ experience and a demonstrated background in B2B Sales, Telecommunications, IT and Technology
  • Area of expertise: Human Resources and Sales Executive
  • Several years of experience as a Recruitment Consultant at an international recruitment agency based in UK. Focus recruiting in the US, EMEA, APAC
  • At Fischer HRM since 2020
  • English
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 15

Mario van Husen

Project Manager / Researcher
China Desk

 

  • Sociology and British & American Studies at the University of Constance
  • Regional Studies of China and Business Administration at the University of Cologne
  • Chinese language program at the Fu Jen Catholic University 辅仁大学 in Taipei, Taiwan
  • Since 2021 Researcher and Project Manager of China Desk
  • German, Chinese, English, Italian
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 17

 

„The average gives the world its existence, the extraordinary its value.“
Oscar Wilde

Jörg de Wall

Jörg de Wall

Senior Consultant
Associate Partner
Certified Recruitment Consultant CERC/BDU

 

  • Industry Experience: Professional-/ Financial Services, Private Equity, Family Offices and their Portfolio companies and consumer goods in the retail and production sector (incl. food)
  • Areas of expertise: Support in external recruiting through Executive & Direct Search from C-level positions to specialists. Qualified advanced training in the field of human resources diagnostics based on current interdisciplinary research results
  • Apprenticeship as assistant tax consultant, subsequent studies of business administration at the University of Hamburg with focus on law of economics and business tax theory. Over 20 years in the finance environment
  • Initially for regional tax consulting and auditing firms in consulting for medium-sized businesses – mainly for trade and service company. This was followed by tasks as Head of Finance and Controlling and as CFO/Commercial Manager in the field of renewable energies and internationally operating FMCG’s
  • Since 2014 Human Resources Consultant
  • German, English
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 53

 

„The mind is like a parachute: it can only function when open.“
Walter Gropius

Christin Benckenstein

Researcher / Project Manager

 

  • Cultural and Social studies of Japan (Master of Arts) at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
  • One year study abroad at Chiba University, Japan
  • Reseacher and Project Manager at Fischer HRM since 2022
  • German, English, Japanese
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 37

 

Everything is going to be fine in the end. If it’s not fine it’s not the end.
Oscar Wilde

Petra Rahmann

Project Manager

 

  • Traineeship as  Industrial Clerk
  • 10 years as Personnel Officer for an employee leasing
  • 13 years of Branch Management for an international assocation in the hospitality industry
  • since March 2022 at Fischer HRM
  • Languages: German, English
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 30

 

Joy is the health of the soul.
Aristoteles

Wanjun Huang

Senior Consultant
Head of China Desk

 

  • Industry experience: Mechanical engineering, Technology, B2B-Trade
  • Areas of expertise: Personnel recruitment, key account consulting and career counselling
  • Bachelor of Arts in China and Master of Arts in Germany in Cultural Sciences and Business Administration
  • Industry marketing experience for an international engineering company
  • Expert in business consulting for a non-profit German-Chinese business association, which is an official partner of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the EU-China Business Association (EUCBA).
  • Client and search commissions in Asia and Europe
  • Chinese, German, English
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 27

 

“And lost be the day to us in which a measure hath not been danced.”
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Sandra Schlich

Office Manager / IT and Data Protection

  • B.A. in Hospitality Management at the IUBH Bad Honnef
  • International experience in the USA, Belgium and Austria
  • Since 2022 Office/ Project Manager at Fischer HRM
  • German, English, French, Spanish
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 0

 

„Don’t give up on what’s important to you just because it’s not easy.“
Albert Einstein

Fabio Schulte

Researcher

  • Modern Japanese Studies and English Studies at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
  • One year study abroad in Kwansei-Gakuin-University in Nishinomiya
  • Researcher at Fischer HRM since 2022
  • German, English, Japanese
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 21

 

„Curiosity is the key to problem solving.“
Galileo Galilei

Miho Ouchi

Consultant
Japan Desk

 

  • Industry Experience: Automotive, Mechanical engineering, Chemical, Optics, Technology, IT, B2B-Trade
  • Areas of expertise: Personnel recruitment
  • B.A. in Business Administration at the Tokyo University of Science and M.A. in Tourismus Management at the Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • Experience in business consulting for an instituion Germany’s foreign trade promotion in Tokyo
  • Human Resources Consultant at Fischer HRM since 2022
  • Japanese, Germany, English
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 38

 

„Life is like a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.“

Albert Einstein

Julia Neumann

Researcher

 

  • Master’s degree in „Clinical Psychology and Psychological Empowerment“ at the Multiversity MEU Study Center DIPLOMA
  • B. Sc. in Psychology completed at the Fresenius University Düsseldorf
  • Researcher at Fischer HRM since 2022
  • German, English
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 43

 

„No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.“
John Keating, Dead Poet’s Society

Nora Tenta

Project Assistant / Researcher
China Desk

 

  • 2015/2016 stay abroad at Feng Chia University in Taiwan
  • Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Politics and Economics
  • 2018/19 and 2022 exchange semester at National Taiwan University
  • graduate student in East Asian Politics
  • Since 2022 project assistant and researcher at Fischer HRM
  • German, English, French, Chinese
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 12

 

„With every mistake, we must surely be learning.

George Harrison

Rebecca Amling

Project Assistant
Japan Desk

 

  • Student of Japanese studies and economics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  • Since 2022 Project Assistant in Japan Desk at Fischer HRM
  • German, English, Japanese
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 44

 

No one knows what he can do until he tries.

Publilius Syrus

Furong Zhang

Project Assistant
China Desk

 

  • Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics at Düsseldorf University
  • Years of work experience in luxury industry
  • Since 2022 assistant at Fischer HRM
  • Chinese, German, English
  • +49 211-749686-45

 

“What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts.”

Patrick Reginald Chalmers

Yuto Muckel

Researcher

 

  • Modern Japanes Studies and History at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
  • Since 2022 Researcher at Fischer HRM
  • German, English, Japanese
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 41

 

„So do all who live to see such times; but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.“

Gandalf

Phuong-Tram Delia Dao

Researcher

 

  • B. A. in Economics and Politics of East Asia
  • Master studies in International Political Economy of East Asia
  • 2019 study abroad at Kyungpook National University in Daegu, South Korea
  • Since 2022 Researcher at Fischer HRM
  • German, English, Vietnamese, Korean
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 47

 

„In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.“

Sun Tzu

Tanja Neferanovic

Executive Assistant

 

  • Banker, 6 years professional experience alongside academic studies
  • Business graduate (MBA equivalent) – Controlling, HR & Organizational Management, Economics of East Asia
  • Studies and work experience abroad in Sweden and P.R. China
  • 5 years brand management for a market leader of FMCG
  • 2006-2014 stay abroad in Asia: Japan, China, Vietnam – Relocation Management
  • 4 years HR Specialist Global Mobility
  • Since 2023 at Fischer HRM
  • German, English
  • +49 211 – 749 686 – 24

 

„If you jump into the cold water, you dive into an ocean full of possibilites.“

Finnish proverb

Maria Fischer gets involved…

With her strong social commitment and pro bono work, Maria Fischer is active for a range of different causes and charities. She strongly believes that actions speak louder than words, according to her motto of “Nothing good happens, unless you make it!” (Erich Kästner).

As Chairwoman of the Federation of Catholic Entrepreneurs Association (Bund Katholischer Unternehmer e.V., BKU) she feels strongly about ensuring ethical entrepreneurial principles, putting them to practice, communicating and sharing them. The issues addressed in the regular BKU meetings are central topics in her daily life. She is also involved in the Catholic magazine ‘theo’ as a Managing Partner.

Maria Fischer is an honorary member of the advisory board at fiftyfifty, the Düsseldorf project for the homeless. She is also a sponsor of African Angel and a founding member of the Düsseldorf-Schlossturm chapter of the Rotary Club.

Last but not least, once a year Fischer HRM supports a non-profit organisation by helping to fill a vacancy for free. In 2012, for example, Fischer HRM filled a position for the W. P. Schmitz Foundation, in 2014, a position for the Verbund Katholischer Kliniken Düsseldorf gGmbH and in 2019, we found the new managing director for the organization Zentrum Überleben in Berlin.