Daniela Ossikovska

Professional Focus

• Over 15 years’ experience in executive search
• Focus on automotive, manufacturing and business-to-business services and products. Variety of functions, including general management, production, financial, sales, quality and logistic.
• Senior management experience in marketing communications and media services
• Entrepreneurial experience by founding an independent executive search and consulting firm
• Certified business mediator

Business Expertise

• Founder, Managing Director of an independent executive search and consulting firm
• General Manager/Managing Partner in Interpartners Bulgaria, Lowe Lintas Swing Communications, Media Club/Initiative Media (marketing communications and media services)
• Numerous freelance consulting projects for state institutions and private companies funded by EU PHARE, EBRD and World Bank
• Began career as a researcher in the Institute of Ecology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Practice Membership

Global Industry Practices

• Consumer & Retail, Practice Member
• Healthcare & Life Sciences, Practice Member
• Industrial, Practice Member
• Human Resources, Practice Member

Additional Expertise 

• Private Equity

Education & Certifications

• Master’s degrees in economics, UNWE Sofia and organisational psychology, St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia University
• Post-graduate qualifications in HR management, marketing, and general management in Austria and the US

Affiliations & Awards

• Founder and former Chairwoman of the Bulgarian Executive Search Association
• Former Chairwoman of the Public Council for Self-Regulation
• Former Member, Managing Board of the Association of Advertising Agencies (Bulgaria)