CEOI MEMBER SINCE 2023

Roy Jakobs is CEO of Royal Philips. As CEO, he is also chairman of the board of management and the executive committee. He is responsible for driving Philips’ strategy to help deliver people-centered, high-quality care. He is committed to helping doctors and nurses provide better, more sustainable, and more convenient care in hospitals, clinics, and the home, and empowering people to take care of their health and well-being. His leadership and track record over the last 25 years reflect his passion to help address wider societal challenges. He has driven digital transformations in energy, scientific information publishing, and health technology in multinational companies. In doing so, he has built high-performing teams and leveraged digital innovation and M&A in business-to-business, business-to-consumer, and business-to government segments to create value for multiple stakeholders, including patients, customers, and society. Since joining Philips in 2010, he has held other positions, including business leader of domestic appliances, based in Shanghai; market leader for Philips Middle East & Turkey; and chief marketing officer for Philips Lighting. Prior to his career at Philips, he held various management positions at Royal Dutch Shell in their retail businesses and at Reed Elsevier, where, as managing director, he transformed the business from print to digital. Mr. Jakobs holds an MBA from the Radboud University Nijmegen and the Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy. He also holds a master’s degree in marketing from TIAS School for Business and Society and completed the New Board Program from Nyenrode Business Universitei.