Andreas Häner studied at ETH Zurich with a focus on biotechnology and did his doctorate and post-doctorate in environmental microbiology. He has 20 years of experience in consulting for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry and was head of the Ecotox Laboratory and the department of Product Stewardship. Since 2017, Andreas Häner has been an environmental risk assessor at Roche in Basel in Group Safety, Security, Health & Environmental protection (SHE). He co-chairs the Pharmaceuticals in the Environment Task Force of the three European pharmaceutical associations EFPIA, AESGP, and Medicines for Europe.

Andreas Häner is the Roche representative on the Manufacturing Working Group of the AMR Industry Alliance and is Roche delegate and member of the scientific committee at ECETOC.