JEAN JOSEPH JACOBER

5 Chemin Truels Bernards a 1296 Coppet, Switzerland

Phone: +41 22-776-0958 a Cell: +41 79 244-14-04 a Fax: +4122-776-81-74 a Email:
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8187
Rsum Jean Joseph Jacober, page 1 of 2, 11/24/2010
Senior executive managed successful turnarounds in diverse industries, in-depth
background in sales and
marketing, strong understanding of financials, proven success in building intern
ational brand equity for consumer
companies, excellent reputation within private equity houses and venture capital
firms as a versatile operations
executive creating corporate and shareholder value
Career History
2008 a" 2009 Ergon Capital Partners, Brussels/Belgium
Morgan Stanley, London/UK
* Building up a team and work towards an acquisition of a Jewelry company based
in Europe
2007 a" 2008 Berggruen Holdings, NewYork/USA
* Creation of an industrial manufacturing group aproduction of components for th
e watch
industrya
2006 a" 2008 Capvis Equity Partner AG, Zurich/Switzerland
* Mandated with a team of experts to lead towards different acquisitions within
the luxury
segment watches a" private labels and industrial components
2006 Timex, Middlebury/USA, London/UK
* Specific International Luxury projects
2004 a" 2005 Ueta Inc., Panama City/Panama
Urban Decay Hard Candy, Newport Beach/USA
* Acting CEO/Consultant for a privately held Cosmetics company in California; re
cently
acquired from LVMH
2003 a" 2009 Roland Berger, Munich/Germany
Freelance consultant
2001 a" 2003 Vollmller Textil AG, Huber Holding AG, Gtzis/Austria, Rorschach/Swi
tzerland
Brands: Hanro, Huber Die Wsche, Escada, Skiny, Kiddey, Joop and different Privat
e Labels
Chief Operating Officer Huber Holding
Chairman Hanro Textile
* Appointed by an Austrian private equity company and led the turnaround of one
of Europeas
oldest textile/clothing companies ending five years of losses within 12 months a
nd restoring
it to profitability
1995 a" 2000 Groupe Horloger Breguet, LaAlbaye/Switzerland
President and Chief Executive Officer
* Hired by Investcorp Private Equity House to turn around a luxury watch and com
ponents
manufacturer that had not made a profit since 1987
* Reversed $15M in losses with revenues of $55M to a profit of $18M with revenue
s of
$130M
* Sold it to the Swatch Group, prior its anticipated exit for an amount exceedin
g largely its
target exit price
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1987 a" 1995 Patek Philippe SA, Geneva/Switzerland
Chief Operating Officer a" Director Marketing & Sales
* Developed the small private company into the most desirable brand in luxury wa
tch making
* Grew sales from $95M to $240M and increased EBITDA and EBIT dramatically
1973 a" 1987 RJR Nabisco, Geneva/Switzerland
(consolidated) Regional Manager Sales & Marketing Eastern Europe
Reynolds Tobacco International (RJR Nabisco), Geneva/Switzerland
Promotion and Advertising Manager Tax Free Western-Eastern Europe and Middle Eas
t
Procter & Gamble, Geneva/Switzerland
Brand Management
Walter Vogel Chaussures, Zurich//Switzerland
Sales Representative Switzerland and Italy
Board Seats
2010 Reuge, The Art of Mechanical Music, Sainte Croix/Switzerland
Luxury company, Music Boxes, Niche positioning
2010 Networkd.Com/Mashed.com, Tempe/USA
Strategic management for a web start-up
2009 Celia Capital Partners GmbH, Munich/Germany
Raising minority capital for Private Equity Ventures
2005 Times Square Capital GmbH, Munich/Germany
Developing strategic partnerships between capital and management for client comp
anies
2005 - 2009 IB International Brand SA, Geneva/Switzerland:
Company selling luxury accessories, cosmetics, fashion items, writing instrument
s, watches, bags on a
worldwide activity
2008 - 2009 Catwalk Worldwide PVT Ltd., Mumbai/India
Indian shoe manufacturer with own distribution outlets throughout India
2006 a" 2007 Telehealth Services LLC, Dublin/Ireland
Telemedicine Company
Startup with 2 Partners a" sold in 2007
Qualifications
SEP, Stanford Executive Program and Financial Management
M.A. in Public Communications a" Fordham University Graduate School
Diplma in Marketing & Publicity a" Ecole des Cadres, Lausanne
Languages French, German, English - trilingual
Italian - basic knowledge
Nationality Swiss,.Qualify for US work visa (H1B-01)