Laura Panzera is the Operations Director at CMCC Foundation. She was the Administrative Director of CMCC from 2009 to 2014 and contributed to the start-up of the Center since 2006, when she was its  Administrative Responsible.
Following her Degree in Economics and Master in Business Administration, she worked in both public and private sector enterprises, developing an in-depth knowledge of project-oriented private organizations, as well as  public administration procedures and contracts.
An experience as a risk analyst in a German bank, specialized in funding big infrastructures, allowed her to further develop her broad and deep knowledge of risk analysis and of the economic and financial feasibility of investment projects.

Her interest in scientific research has led her to apply her skills in this field, where she has acquired significant knowledge in research program management, technology transfer and general management of scientific research activities, financed either by national or international public funds.