Gabriela Pantring is Chairwoman of the Managing Board of NRW.BANK and is responsible for the divisions Capital Markets, Corporate Development, Human Resources, Internal Audit and Legal.

After completing her training at Sparkasse Osnabrück, Gabriela Pantring began her career at the savings bank as loan officer, before joining Sparkassen- und Giroverband Schleswig-Holstein as an auditor in 1991.

From 1997, she worked for Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, first in Credit Audit in Düsseldorf and later in Group Audit in London. In 2000, she became Head of Group Audit in Düsseldorf.
In 2002, she joined the newly founded NRW.BANK, where she assumed responsibility for the Internal Audit unit. From 2006, she headed the Corporate Steering Division and, from 2010, the Special Promotion and Advisory Division. During this time, Gabriela Pantring obtained a Master of Business Administration degree and a Master of Science in Strategic Focus from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

In 2013, Ms Pantring became a member of the Managing Board of Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB), where she was responsible for the divisions Economy, Equity & Start-ups, Treasury and Bank Operations before returning to NRW.BANK as Chief Risk Officer in 2016. She was appointed Deputy Chairwoman of the promotional bank in 2023. She has been Chairwoman of the Managing Board of NRW.BANK since 2026.

Gabriela Pantring holds various mandates, including Vice President of the European Association of Public Banks (EAPB), member of the Management Board of the Association of German Public Sector Banks (Bundesverband Öffentlicher Banken Deutschlands e. V.) and member of the Advisory Board of the Regional Office of the Bundesbank in North-Rhine-Westphalia.