Anjana Harve

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Chief Digital Officer at Astellas Pharma

Greater Boston, United States

Overview

Anjana Harve is the Chief Digital Officer at Astellas Pharma, leading global digital and technology transformations. With over 25 years of experience in regulated industries like pharma and healthcare, she has a strong record of driving business growth and competitive differentiation for Fortune 500 companies. She holds an MBA from The Wharton School.

Outside of her executive roles, Anjana is passionate about mentoring and supporting women in STEM. She has volunteered with Rippleworks to teach decision-making skills to nonprofit managers and speaks on advancing women in technology, sharing insights from her own journey of balancing a dual-career family.

Anjana recently received the 2025 Global CIO 100 Award for her outstanding leadership and business value creation.

Personality Overview

Driven But Considerate

Decisive But Friendly

Dynamic But Sincere

They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed  They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders) If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product

Topics They Care About

Digital Transformation
Her entire career, including her current role at Astellas, is focused on leading large-scale digital transformations to drive business outcomes and patient impact.
AI-Powered Leadership
She recently participated in a panel discussion on leading in an AI-powered world, focusing on embracing emerging technology while navigating ethical and cultural questions.
Customer Centricity
She has consistently focused on patient and member-centricity, developing architectures that enable hyper-personalization, a theme she's passionate about from healthcare to retail.

Media Appearances

Wolters Kluwer nominates Anjana Harve for appointment to the supervisory board. Featured in Wolters Kluwer

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Anjana Harve Appointed as Chief Digital Officer at Astellas Pharma. Featured in HR Today

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Anjana Harve Appointed CDO of Astellas Pharma. Featured in CXO Media

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Work History

1-2026
Chief Digital Officer at Astellas Pharma
9-2024
Member of the Supervisory Board (Non-Executive Director), Selection & Remuneration Committee member at Wolters Kluwer
3-2025
Member at Extraordinary Women on Boards (EWOB)
Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer at BJ's Wholesale Club
Global Chief Information Officer at Fresenius Medical Care

Education

2009 - 2011
MBA from The Wharton School
1990 - 1994
BS from Bangalore University

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Health & Outdoor

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Insights For Selling To Anjana

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘your decision will’, ‘you will impact’ etc.
  • During followups, use calls or text if needed, they should be fine
  • Keep your pitch focused on the impact but nurture the relationship too

DONT's

  • Don’t be very informal during the early interactions even if they are being so themselves
  • Don't lean very heavily into providing too much information, sharing whitepapers etc.
  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a formal approach

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Anjana is

  • Nothing less than a strong combination of proof of results, relationship and high levels of professionalism is effective with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Anjana

  • They can say no while staying friendly, but can also be pursuaded to reconsider

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Anjana move?

  • They are generally fast movers and can take quick decisions
  • Can Anjana take some risk or not?

  • They have high risk-appetite but can get ahead of themselves once in a while. Observe carefully

You And Anjana

Personality Compatibility


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