Gabriella Panka Hevesi, MSc.

Gabriella Panka Hevesi is the lead program manager of the master’s program in Strategy, Innovation, and Management Control.

Panka holds a master’s degree in international management from Maastricht University, where she specialized in Strategy and Innovation and graduated cum laude. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in international business from WU Vienna, specializing in Entrepreneurship & Innovation and International Controlling, and completed an Erasmus semester at Université Paris-Dauphine.

During her studies, she gained professional experience in risk management at UniCredit Bank Austria and as an Economic Affairs Intern at the Embassy of Hungary in Paris. Following graduation, she worked as a Senior Consultant at BDO Consulting, leading projects in operational excellence, while also driving the establishment of the firm’s life sciences practice. She later joined takt Implement as an Implementation Manager, focusing on transformation projects and partnership development.

Alongside her consulting career, she co-founded two tech startups, gaining practical experience in entrepreneurship, fundraising and business development. In addition to her role as program manager, Panka teaches Critical Internet Economics at the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management.

Contact

gabriella.panka.hevesi@wu.ac.at