Anna Hlaváčová is the Citizen Development Program Lead at Takeda, where she spearheads the company's global citizen development strategy. With over three years at Takeda, she has transitioned from a Senior RPA Developer to her current leadership role, focusing on empowering employees through low-code/no-code solutions using Microsoft Power Platform. Anna has been instrumental in migrating automation initiatives from UiPath to Power Platform, fostering a community of citizen developers, and organizing workshops, trainings, and hackathons to promote automation awareness. Her efforts have significantly contributed to building a thriving citizen development community within Takeda.

Takeda is a global, values-based, R&D-driven biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan, with a strong presence in more than 80 countries. The company focuses on delivering transformative treatments in key therapeutic areas such as oncology, rare diseases, neuroscience, and gastroenterology, while also investing in plasma-derived therapies and vaccines. Takeda combines innovation with a deep commitment to patients, people, and the planet. In recent years, the company has embraced digital transformation by leveraging automation, data, and low-code technologies to increase agility and efficiency across its operations.