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About Invest in Bavaria

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Representative offices

We are represented all over the world

U.S. Team

Our team is made up of around 30 staff in Bavaria and a worldwide network of Bavarian representative offices abroad

Headquarters Munich
Gudrun Weidmann
East Coast
U.S.
Jan Danisman
West Coast
U.S.
James E. Mister

About us

Invest in Bavaria – Full service from a single source

about_bavariaAs 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 Bavaria Team 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.

Invest in Bavaria at a glance

Facts, figures and data

1999

Foundation of Invest in Bavaria

1350

investment projects successfully supported since our foundation

38000

new direct jobs created throughout Bavaria since 1999

5

Every 5 days on average, a project is successfully concluded, creating around 45 new direct jobs

Bavaria representatives worldwide

Munich

Gudrun Weidmann

Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Peru

Pamela Valdivia Zárate

Austria

Thomas Gindele

Brasil

Dr. Claudia Baermann Bernard

Bulgaria

Dr. Mitko Vassilev

Canada

Benjamin Emans

Canada

Frédéric Arsenault

China

Dr. Lucie Merkle

China

Yu LIU

China

Lanrui Zheng

Croatia

Sven Thorsten Potthoff

Czech Republic

Bernard Bauer

Hungary

Gabriel A. Brennauer

India

John Kottayil

Israel

Johnathan Glick

Japan

Dr. Christian Geltinger

Mexico

Christian Weber

Poland

Michael Kern

Romania

Sebastian Metz

Russia

Andreas Brunnbauer

South Africa

Matthias Boddenberg

Switzerland

Ralf J. Bopp

Turkey

Frank Kaiser

Ukraine

Alexander Markus

United Arab Emirates

Dr. Dalia Abu Samra-Rohte

U.S. East Coast, Usa

Jan Danisman

Vietnam

Marko Walde

Job vacancies

Current open positions

Project Associate (full-time, open to remote in Western US)

We are looking for talented and highly motivated individuals for a 12-month internship and/or 18-month traineeship at our San Francisco office on a rolling basis. Bavarian U.S. Offices represents Germany’s largest and wealthiest state in the US on behalf of Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy and its foreign investment and business […]
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We are here for you locally, worldwide.

Are you looking to expand your company to Europe? We provide you with all the important information, valuable contacts and customized support for your expansion project. Our cross cultural teams in the U.S. and Bavaria, Germany look forward to helping you. Our services are always cost free and confidential.

Jan Danisman

Jan Danisman

80 Pine Street, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10005

195 Church St., Fl 7, New Haven, CT 06510

1 Broadway, CIC, Fl 14, Cambridge, MA 02142

+1 212-317-0588
James E. Mister

James E. Mister

101 Montgomery, Suite 1900 San Francisco, CA 94104, USA

+1 415-362-1001
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