Management
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Gudrun
Weidmann
Executive Director Invest in Bavaria
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Martina
Maschauer
Managing Director | Invest in Bavaria at Bayern International
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Christian
Weber
Deputy Managing Director & Head of Marketing | Invest in Bavaria at Bayern International
Organisation

Heide
Hudetz
Team assistant
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Nicole
Lahn
Team assistant

Jelena
Petrovic
Team assistant
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Petra
Wulf
Team assistant
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Monika
Pongratz
Assistant to Gudrun Weidmann
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Diane
Mc Adam
Finances | Controlling
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Marcel
Koutonou
Driving service
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La
Luna
Chargée d’affaires
Service for investors

Katrin
Beck (on parental leave)
Head of Investor Services

Susanne
Schierok
Head of Investor Services (acting)

Peter
Englert
Deputy Head of Investor Services (acting)

Veronika
Reichl
Deputy Head of Investor Services (acting)
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Katharina
Kees
Senior Manager Investor Services
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Katinka
Uppendahl
Manager Investor Services

Svetlana
Huber
Deputy Head of Invest in Bavaria at Bayern International

Eva
Apfel
Head of Investor Services (acting)

Philipp
Gleißner
Deputy Head of Investor Services (acting)
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Meike
M. Saraswat
Deputy Head of Investor Services (acting)
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Andreas
Fischer
Senior Manager Investor Services
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Kaori
Yamaguchi-Humpert
Senior Manager Investor Services

Fang
Wang
Senior Manager Investor Services
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Agata
Butenko
Manager Investor Services

Ann-Catrin
Ries
Manager Investor Services
Regional

Jutta
Stohwasser
Head of Regional Projects

Stefan
Günther
Stellv. Referatsleiter regionale Projekte

Michael
Blecher
Senior Manager regionale Projekte
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Maureen
Stender
Deputy Head of Regional Projects (acting)

Benjamin
Riedel
Manager Investor Services
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Dr.
Katharina
Prorok (on parental leave)
Manager Investor Services

Maximilian
Zimmermann
Manager Investor Services

Korbinian
Göths
Manager Investor Services
Marketing & PR
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Christian
Weber
Deputy Managing Director & Head of Marketing | Invest in Bavaria at Bayern International
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Alex
Podolay
Senior Manager Marketing & Public Relations

Alexandra
Schmidhuber
Senior Manager Marketing & Public Relations
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Julian
Hechler
Senior Manager Marketing & Public Relations

Christine
May
Senior Manager Events
Bavarian representatives worldwide

Dr.
Claudia
Bärmann Bernard
Representative Brazil

Dr.
Mitko
Vassilev
Representative Bulgaria

Dr.
Lucie
Merkle
Representative China

Yu
LIU
Representative China (Shandong)

Lanrui
ZHENG
Representative China (Sichuan)

Sonja
Miekley
Representative Egypt
Tsion
Kifle
Representative Ethiopia & African Union

John
Kottayil
Representative India

Steven
Schmerz
Representative (Managing Director) Israel

Johnathan
Glick
Representative (Director for Economy) Israel

Dr. Daniel
Etzel
Representative Canada

Frédéric
Arsenault
Representative (Manager) Canada
Gabriela
González Kaiser
Representative Mexico

Thomas
Gindele
Representative Austria

Dr.
Lars
Gutheil
Representative Poland

Sebastian
Metz
Representative Romania

Dr.
Dalia
Samra-Rohte
Representative Saudi Arabia
Peter
Kompalla
Representative Slovakia

Ralf
J. Bopp
Representative Switzerland

Matthias
Boddenberg
Representative South Africa

Bernard
Bauer
Representative Czech Republic
Dr. Thilo
Pahl
Representative Turkey

N.
N.
Representative Ukraine

Barbara
Zollmann
Representative Hungary
Anna Katharina
Schennach
Representative United Kingdom

Janet
Danisman
Representative USA (East Coast)

James
Mister
Representative USA (West Coast)
Karin
Zangerl
Representative UAE

Marko
Walde
Representative Vietnam
Invest in Bavaria at a glance
1999
Foundation of Invest in Bavaria
1930
investment projects successfully supported since our foundation
52000
new direct jobs created throughout Bavaria since 1999
4
Every 4 days on average, a project is successfully concluded, creating around 48 new direct jobs per week
Invest in Bavaria - Our Service
As the Business Promotion Agency of the State of Bavaria, Invest in Bavaria supports companies from Germany and abroad and from a wide range of sectors in finding the ideal location in Bavaria, so that they can be successful right from the moment they settle here.

Our history
Invest in Bavaria has been in existence since 1999 and offers companies a wealth of services for all stages of setting up a business in the state, from the planning phase, throughout the search for and selection of a location, to implementation. Even once companies are successfully settled, Invest in Bavaria continues to support them, such as during a planned expansion.
The team of regional advisors complements the services provided by Invest in Bavaria and gives foreign companies access to Bavaria's regions: The regional advisors in this field are characterised by close cooperation and a bilateral exchange of information with the regional economic promoters, as well as the implementation of joint projects. But the Team Regional are also the right people to contact for general issues to do with settlement policy. Benefit from the key advantages we offer you. Our service is free, confidential and individual. Our team is international and we are there for you locally, worldwide. Choose the ideal location. Choose Bavaria. And Invest in Bavaria as the expert partner at your side.
Job vacancies
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