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

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

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 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 von Bock

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

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

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

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

Kevin Wongart

Project Manager
Japan Desk

• Modern Japan and Political Science Studies at Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf
• Project Manager Japan Desk at Fischer HRM since 2021
• German, Japanese, English
• +49 211 749 686 – 11

“It is always your own consciousness that determines happiness.”
Mitsuo Aida

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

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

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

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

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

Esra Yaman

Researcher

• Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Politics East Asia
• Master’s degree in International Political Economy of East Asia at the Ruhr University of Bochum
• One-year stay abroad at Mie University, Japan
• Researcher at Fischer HRM since 2023
• German, English, Japanese
• +49 211 – 749 686 – 41

“If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito in the room.”
Dalai Lama