Anna Cherednichenko is the Executive Director of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom. She was appointed to this position in September 2018. A linguist by training, Anna previously worked in the marketing department of «Avanta+», a Russia-based publishing house, and, as an assistant editor, at the publishing house «Слово/Slovo». In 2001, she moved to Germany and worked as a literary translator (German and English into Russian) for many years. She also translated journalistic reports for Deutsche Welle. In 2014, Anna co-founded «In Situ Art Society e.V.», a Germany-based non-profit organization that supports cultural projects.