Andrea Gaal

In all professional roles in both academia & business, Andrea Gaal has always placed a major emphasis on Innovation. Her experience includes International Managing Director roles in DACH, CE & North America with Sony & Sony Ericsson. During her career she also held key roles with British & American High-Tech Start-Ups. In 2008 she received the ‘Business Woman of the Year Award’ by the Austrian Ministry of Innovation & Infrastructure in the field of Technology & Telecom and in 2019 the prestigious 'Inspiring Fifty' (Women in DACH) Business Award. Her current research interest is ‘Trust in the Digital Age’ & ‘Profiling in the Big Data Context’, also the focus of a legal tech AI Start-Up. In addition, she serves on the Supervisory Board of RBI, voted 'Best Bank in CE' in 2019, driving the Digital Transformation & on the Advisory Board of 42.cx, an AI Start-Up. At Webster Private University Vienna she lectures in the Department of Business & Management. She holds a Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts (Linguistics & American/German Literature) from Karl-Franzens-University Graz & a PhD in Economics & International Business Management from Pan-European University Bratislava with a focus on data privacy.

Experience

• Univ.Lecturer Int.Business Management & Leadership
  Lauder Business School, Univ.of Applied Science

• Advisory Bord Member
  Quantum Terminal

• Univ. Lecturer/Adj. Prof. in 'Economics & Business Management' Int.
  Webster Vienna Private University

• Supervisory Board Member
  RAIFFEISEN BANK INTERNATIONAL (RBI)

• Member of the Expert Advisory Board
  AI-42 Market Intelligence Ltd. (42.cx)

• CEO & Co-Founder
  dataflag

• Managing Director Central Europe
  Redeem Group

• STIFTUNGSVORSTAND / TRUSTEE
  Bene Int. Privatstiftung

• Member of the Non-Excecutive Board
  Bene International

• SONY Mobile Communications
  GLOBAL HEAD of RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION Channels/ General Manager Central Europe

• SONY ERICSSON Mobile Communications
  General Manager Canada/ General Manager CHAT (Switzerland & Austria)

• Head of MU DACH
  SONY International (Europe) GmbH

• Country Manager
  ANDREW Corporation, USA

Education

• Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
  Mag. phil./(Univ.)Master's Degree, Communications (Focus: Linguistics), Masters Degree

• Pan-European University Bratislava
  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Economics & Int. Business Management/Entrepreneurship

• IMD Business School
  General Management

• Executive Management Training, Univ. St. Gallen, CH
  General Management Executive Training Program