Anja Riester

Anja is a Master of Public Health student at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, specializing in Health Management. Prior to joining Harvard, she worked at Boston Consulting Group’s Johannesburg office, focusing on global health work in Africa. In this role, she has led projects with multilateral organizations, international funders, manufacturers and governments across the continent on a variety of topics such as vaccine delivery, HIV prevention, and health system strengthening. She is particularly interested in how the private and public sector can work together and leverage new innovations and technologies to create better outcomes for African citizens. Anja holds a Master in Management from HEC Paris and the University of the Witwatersrand and a B.Sc. in Business and Latin American Studies from Copenhagen Business School. She has lived on and off in South Africa for more than 13 years and considers Johannesburg her home.