Anja Langenbucher

Anja Langenbucher serves as a Non-executive Board Member at Henkel since April 2024 and has been the Director for Europe at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation since September 2018, where responsibilities include overseeing government relations, public policy, communications, and innovative finance mechanisms within the EU. Additionally, Anja holds a Board Member position at Sofina, leading the ESG committee, and previously worked at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as Deputy Director for Europe from October 2010 to July 2014, focusing on European government relations and public policy. Anja's career also includes roles as Principal Banker in Agribusiness at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from September 2006 to July 2010 and as an Economist in Agribusiness at the World Bank Group from September 2003 to July 2006. Anja is an alumnus of Heidelberg University.