his is Jakob’s second start-up/spinout both within the NKT Group. He has worked most of his professional career within the group that today spans from vacuum cleaners, to power cables, flexible pipes and optical companies. He has always worked internationally and primarily with M&A, strategy, turnarounds (business development in its broadest sense).
Prior to his CEO positions, he worked as an executive assistant in Holding. Among others, he helped formulating and executed the incubation strategy for new ventures within the group. They grew nine fully functional companies from zero to +300 people within 18 months. In the same period he participated in M&A transactions in excess of €3.0B and helped formulate a new joint branding strategy for a group of five individual companies, each with more than 100 years of history.