Nomination & Compensation Committee Chairman
German national, born 1963. Andreas Jacobs has been a member of the Board of Directors since May 2006, and Chairman of the Nomination & Compensation Committee since May 2008. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the General Meeting of Shareholders in 2010.
After studying law at the universities of Freiburg and Munich (Germany) and Montpellier (France), Andreas Jacobs obtained a doctorate degree (Dr. iur) in European competition law from the University of Freiburg, Germany. He also holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.
Andreas Jacobs has been an independent entrepreneur since 1992, with a stake in several European and North American companies. From 1991 to 1993, he worked as a consultant and project manager at Boston Consulting Group in Munich, Germany.
Mr. Jacobs is Executive Chairman of Jacobs Holding AG, Chairman of Barry Callebaut AG 1, Chairman of Infront Sports & Media AG, Minibar AG, Jacobs Venture AG, Triventura AG, Spectramedia AG, and of Niantic Finance AG, all in Switzerland. He is Chairman of Maine Chance Farms Pty Ltd., South Africa. Furthermore, he is a member of the Board of Directors of various other companies.
1 Listed company.