Dipl.-Volkswirt
Jörg Jacob
- Managing Partner -

Overview

Studied economics at Hamburg University

30 years' professional experience in specialist areas and management positions

International experience
Netherlands, France, UK, Portugal, Slovakia, United States

Functions
Product manager, sales director, sales & marketing director, senior vice president, chief executive officer (CEO), finance director

Operational experience

Brand management
Food & non-food brand-name producer

Business reengineering
Non-food brand-name producer

Restructuring management
Non-food brand-name producer, porcelain & ceramics producer & brand-name, furniture manufacturer

Mergers & Acquisitions
Non-food brand-name producer, porcelain & ceramics producer & brand-name, furniture manufacturer

Professional career

After working for several years as a customer adviser at Lintas, Hamburg, Jörg Jacob joined MARS as a senior product manager, subsequently becoming sales director. From 1985 to 1987 he worked as assistant vice president for marketing & sales at Bacardi Deutschland. Until 1992 he was marketing director and deputy member of the management board at Underberg AG. He performed various managerial functions in the Curver Group up to 1998, eventually becoming vice president in charge of product range management. He was subsequently appointed CEO of Elefanten GmbH (Freudenberg Group), where he was responsible for restructuring and selling the company.

Since 2001 he has been a self-employed interim manager and consultant.

From 2005 to 2006 he chaired the supervisory board of the publicly traded company Berentzen-Gruppe AG.