Anne Bucher

In the European Commission since 1983, Anne Bucher is Director-General of DG SANTE since October 2018. Prior to that she was Director-General and Chair of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board as of March 2016. She also was Director for structural reforms and competitiveness in the Directorate General for economic and financial affairs from March 2011 until February 2016. Trained as an economist and statistician in Paris (PHD in macroeconomics - Ecole des Hautes Etudes and master degree from Ecole Nationale de Statistique et d'Administration Economique), Anne Bucher has worked in various fields of European policies: macroeconomic forecast and models, structural funds, evaluation of employment policies, enlargement, development aid, information society strategy and economic analysis of EU tax policy. She has held various management positions, including administrative management positions for HR and budget management.