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Anita Johansen

CEO

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.

Anita Johansen

CEO

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Basudha Bhattarai-Johansson

VP HR & Sustainability

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.

Basudha Bhattarai-Johansson

VP HR & Sustainability

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Christina Vegge

VP Research & Development

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.

Christina Vegge

VP Research & Development

James Henson

James Henson

Vice President of Supply Chain & Operations

Birth year: 1987

 

Education: Double bachelor's degree from University of California Berkeley 

  • Organizational Behavior and Negotiations
  • Political Economy 

 

Share holdings: 0

 

James Henson joined Probi in January 2025. He is based in Colorado and will oversee Probi's U.S. manufacturing sites in addition to end-to-end supply chain.

James Henson is a seasoned supply chain executive with nearly 14 years of experience in operations and supply chain management. ​

James has extensive experience in the supplements and nutraceuticals industry, and has held senior leadership roles at Redbud Brands, Soylent, Joyride Coffee, GT's Kombucha, and Diageo, where he successfully optimized supply chains, implemented strategic sourcing, and led cross-functional teams.

James Henson

Vice President of Supply Chain & Operations

Ulf Sköld

Ulf Sköld

Interim CFO

Birth year: 1960

 

Education: Degree in Economics from Lund University. 

 

Share holdings: 0

 

Ulf Sköld has extensive experience as CFO from different industries such as packaging and food industry. Ulf most recently held interim CFO role at Lime Technologies.

Ulf Sköld

Interim CFO