Roy Jakobs

Since joining Philips in 2010, Roy has held various positions, including Chief Marketing Officer for Philips Lighting,  Market Leader for Philips Middle East & Turkey (including Health Systems) and Business Leader of Domestic Appliances, based in Shanghai. Prior to his career at Philips, Roy held various management positions at Royal Dutch Shell in their retail businesses and at Reed Elsevier where he transformed the business from print to digital as Managing Director.

Roy was born in the Netherlands in 1974. He is married with three children and holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Radboud University Nijmegen and the Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy. He also holds a marketing Masters degree from TIAS School for Business and Society and completed the New Board Program from Nyenrode Business Universiteit, both in the Netherlands. Roy speaks Dutch, English, German, Italian and Portuguese.