Anna Papakhina

About

Accomplished in both direct and channel business development with a proven track record in the information technology and media sectors. Expertise in strategy consulting, go-to-market (GTM) strategies, negotiation, sales, and marketing. Holding an MBA from IE Business School, I am naturally curious and continuously seek to leverage innovative solutions to drive and accelerate business growth.

Experience

• Senior Strategic partnerships regional manager at GitLab
  Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

• Senior Partner Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  Dec 2021 - Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 5 mos

• Partnerships and New business director at NPAW
  Aug 2019 - Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Head of Market (110M users) at Udemy
  Mar 2018 - Aug 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Executive producer/ Head of production at GPM ( federal broadcaster and production companies)
  2008 - 2016 · 8 yrs

  Started at Content Project Manager level, promoted to Senior Content and Production Manager after 2 years, continued with promotions up to Chief Executive Producer in 2013.