SPEAKER

Heribert Gangl

Director Hotels & Tourism
Erste Group Bank

Heribert has more than 15 years of experience in the European hotel industry working in hotel financing, asset/investment management and advisory. In his current role as Director of Hotels & Tourism at Erste Group Bank AG in Vienna he is responsible for sourcing and structuring senior debt for hotel real estate and mixed-use projects in Central and Eastern Europe. Previously, Heribert was a Director with Hamilton Hotel Partners in London and Managing Director of Horwath HTL in Austria. Prior to that he worked for Internos Global Investors in London (now Principal Real Estate Europe) where he was responsible for the asset management of the group’s entire hotel portfolio. Heribert holds an MBA from CEU in Budapest and graduated from Hawaii Pacific University with a BSc in Travel Industry Management. He also studied at the University of Vienna and NYU Stern School of Business in New York, and currently attends a study course for Sustainable Real Estate Management at IREBS.