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{{short description|Belgian businessman}}
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'''Georges, Count Jacobs de Hagen''' (born 1940) is a leading [[Belgium|Belgian]] businessman.

Jacobs obtained a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] degree in [[Law]] (1962) and a [[Licentiate (degree)|licentiate]] in economics (1964) from the [[Universite Catholique de Louvain]] ([[Belgium]]). He also obtained a [[Master of Arts|MA]] degree in [[economics]] at the [[University of California]] ([[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley]], [[United States|U.S.]], 1965).

Jacobs started his career as an [[economist]] with the [[International Monetary Fund]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] in 1966. In 1970, he joined the [[UCB (company)|UCB]] Group and has been chairman of the Executive Committee of UCB since 1987 until the end of 2004. Since January 2005 he is chairman of the board of directors of UCB Group and chairman of the board of directors of [[Delhaize]] Group. Georges Jacobs also serves on the board of directors of UCB, Belgacom, [[Bekaert]], [[Spadel]] and [[SN Brussels Airlines]]. He is an honorary chairman of [[BUSINESSEUROPE|UNICE]] (Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe) and a member of the Management Committee and honorary chairman of the [[Federation of Belgian Companies]].

Jacobs is chairman of the Belgo-Luxemburg-Polish chamber of commerce, and a member of the board of the [[American Chamber of Commerce]] and the [[British Chamber of Commerce]] in Belgium. He is also member of the board of Générale de Banque, [[IBM]] Belgium, Spadel S.A., L.I.V. N.V. (Groupe [[Carmeuse]]).

==Sources==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061207005725/http://www.bekaert.com/corporate/ned/over%20Bekaert/Bestuurders%20_%20Directeuren/Curricula%20Vitae%20Board/Baron%20Georges%20Jacobs.htm Georges Jacobs]
* [http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2004/november/tradoc_111290.pdf Speech before UNICE] (2001)

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[[Category:Belgian businesspeople]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Walloon people]]
[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:Université de Namur alumni]]


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