Previously, Anja held senior public affairs and communications roles at Bayer in Brussels and in the corporate headquarters in Leverkusen. Before that, she was a political journalist for almost 15 years, including as a correspondent focused on the EU and NATO in Brussels.
Anja received an MA in English and French from the University of Düsseldorf and a BA in Etudes Franco-Allemandes from Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris.