Anna Vissens

Anna is the head of data science at Guardian News and Media.  She has extensive experience building production data and machine learning systems that serve millions of users. 

She spent 15 years at the BBC where in 2007 she received an award for best BBC World Service producer in recognition of success in building new audiences and developing audience engagement. She then worked with the Corporation's Audience Engagement and Data team. 

Anna has also expanded her skills by coding in Python and using data science modelling to gain better understanding of audiences.

Anna holds a master's degree in physics from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute.