Jakob is a 10+ year circularity and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) expert, dedicated to advancing nature-positive, equitable, and resource-efficient solutions in healthcare.

His career spans circularity consulting and management, sustainability policy, strategy, and academia, including lecturing, and publishing in leading peer-reviewed journals.

His PhD research at ETH Zurich and Cambridge University (Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership & Conservation Research Institute) focused on circularity transitions, industrial ecology, systems thinking, and EPR design and effectiveness. He holds three master’s degrees in economics, management, and policy from Université Paris-Dauphine, Sciences Po Rennes, and Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

He also worked as an Innovation and Technology Analyst for the OECD in Paris and as a Carlo Schmid Fellow for the UN in West Africa.

Jakob currently serves as Global Lead for Product Sustainability and Stewardship at Takeda, based in Zurich, and is involved in several industry forums and consortia.