Birth year: 1972

Education: M. Sc. Pharmacy, PhD Pharmaceutical Technology from University of Copenhagen, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Share holdings: 15

Anita joined Probi in April 2022 as the Vice President of R&D, and since April 2023 has been the CEO of Probi.
Anita is also serving as director of the board of Blis Technologies Ltd, where Probi is a substantial product holder, and she is an elected board member of International Association of Probiotics (IPA) and on the board of IPA Europe.
Throughout her career Anita has been working with product development and held leadership positions in global consumer healthcare companies, such as Ferrosan, Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, Novozymes, and USP Zdrowie.
Anita is passionate about promoting the advantages of good bacteria by delivering customer relevant innovations supported by science.

Birth year: 1966

Education: M.Sc. Economics & Business Administration, Copenhagen Business School

Share holdings: 191

Per joined Probi in November 2023 from ABF Ingredients (A division of Associated British Food) where he served as CFO. Previous to ABF Ingredients, Per had senior leadership roles in Finance, IT and Supply Chain in Chr. Hansen and CP Kelco. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated value driven leadership skills and a deep understanding of financial management, business development & M&A.

Birth year: 1983

Education: Bachelor's degree in Psychology and minor in Management, Hood College Maryland

Share holdings: 0

Basudha Bhattarai-Johansson joined Probi as Vice President HR in January 2020. Prior to Probi, Basudha worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb as Head of HR for Nordics. Before Bristol-Myers Squibb, Basudha has held Northern European HR roles in IQVIA (previously IMS Health). Basudha brings with her in depth experience in strategic HRM, M&As and change management.

Birth year: 1973

Education: M.Sc. Pharmacy, Ph.D. Molecular Microbiology, University of Copenhagen.

Christina joined Probi in January 2023 as Director of Discovery & Clinical Research and assumed the role as Sr. Director R&D in September the same year. Member of the management team from 2024. Christina has broad microbiology and leadership experience from academic research as Associate Professor at Copenhagen University and leading industrial development of microbial solutions in the form of Probiotics, dairy cultures and Live Biotherapeutics Products at Bacthera and Chr Hansen.positions in research and development at companies such as Novo Nordisk, Chr. Hansen and Bacthera.

Birth year: 1970

Education: M. Eng. Industrial Engineering, B. Sc Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University

Share holdings: 0

Jim joined Probi in February 2024 as the Vice President of Operations (Interim).
Throughout his career Jim has been working in manufacturing and supply chain and held leadership positions in global healthcare companies such as Haleon, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Pfizer and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

Additionally, Jim has experience in telecommunications at Lucent Technologies and automotive at Ford Electronics.

Jim is passionate about operations and as a confident change agent is looking to develop more well-defined processes that deliver business results.

Birth year: 1973

Education: Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Marketing and Statistics, Lund University

Martina comes to Probi from Lactalis Group where she was the Marketing Director for National & International Dairy, Juice & Non-dairy. Prior to this she held positions in Skånemejerier, Haribo, Arla, Orkla amongst others. With a diverse background and experiences, Martina adds valuable contributions to Probi.

Birth year: 1972

Education: Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy & Masters of Business Administration, National University of Singapore.

Karen brings over 25 years of experience with MNCs in the consumer healthcare & nutrition sectors, with a solid track record of successes in shaping categories and driving market expansion. Prior to joining Probi, Karen was the Business Manager for Nestle Health Science, Singapore, where she was instrumental in integrating Nestle’s newly acquired health supplements businesses such as Nature’s Bounty and Garden of Life into Nestle’s core nutrition business

Birth year: 1967

Education: Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Political science

Ethan has more than 20 years of experience within a senior commercial capacity, culminating in his most recent position as Senior VP Early Life Nutrition within Pantheryx. Prior to this, Ethan worked within DSM for 10 years across various senior commercial positions in their nutritional business.Ethan is an entrepreneurial and principled leader who consistently delivers financial and strategic objectives through development of high-performing cross-functional teams.

Birth year: 1964

Education: Bachelor of Economics, HEC Paris, and Veterinary Science, VetAgro Sup.

Share holdings: 0

Chairman of the Board since 2015. President of Symrise. Previous leadership roles at Air Liquide, Danisco, Rhodia, Rhône-Poulenc, Mérial and Pfizer. 

• Other board assignments: Chairman of the board of VetAgroSup.
• Independent in relation to the company: Yes
• Independent in relation to major shareholders: No

Birth year: 1958

Education: Doctor of Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, and Master of Technology Enterprise, IMD
Business School.

Share holdings: 0

Board member since 2018. Former Chief Scientific Officer and member of the board of Nestlé Health Science, leadership roles with Nestlé Research Center and the Division of Gastroenterology, Lausanne University Hospital.

• Other board assignments: Mirai Foods.
• Independent in relation to the company: Yes
• Independent in relation to major shareholders: Yes

Birth year: 1962

Education: M.Sc. in Biochemistry, Copenhagen University and Marketing Economist diploma from IHM. 

Share holdings: 500

Board member since 2017. Owner of Scandinavian Insight Consulting AB. Former CEO of MorgonTidig Distribution KB and Jetpak. Has previously served in leadership roles at Danzas ASG Eurocargo AB, Carl Zeiss AB and Beckman Coulter AB.

• Chairman of the board of Link Top Holding A/S and and vChain AB, member of the boards of Bergman & Beving AB, DistIT AB, Green Cargo AB, Senerg
• Independent in relation to the company: Yes
• Independent in relation to major shareholders: Yes

Birth year: 1980

Education: PhD in economics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe.

Share holdings: 0

Board member since 2019. President Scent & Care and Executive Board member Symrise AG. Jörn has experience from both a previous assignment as board member (2014-2016) at Probi and his position as CFO of the company (2017-2018). He has also worked for The Boston Consulting Group, Hamburg and Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany.

• Other board assignments: Blis Technologies
• Independent in relation to the company: Yes
• Independent in relation to major shareholders: No

Birth year: 1971

Education: Bachelor of Human Resources from Lund University, Business Administration & Sociology from
UC Berkeley (University of California), Master of European Studies from Brygge.

Share holdings: 0

Board member since 2020. Head of talent management and company development at Grenspecialisten AB. More than 20 years of international experience in HR, business management, corporate governance, growth, strategy, CSR, establishment in new markets and communication

• Other board assignments: Vitec Software Group
• Independent in relation to the company: Yes
• Independent in relation to major shareholders: Yes