Marcel Jacobs

Marcel has joined the management team of Matisse as CBO at the end of 2022 and became board member in 2023.

Marcel holds an MBA in International Management and has been working in business development, marketing, sales & investor relations in the biotech field from 1998 until 2010. He held various director positions in listed biotechnology companies Rhein Biotech, Green Cross Vaccine Corp., Berna Biotech & Crucell in The Netherlands, South Korea and Switzerland. All of these companies were mainly focusing on the prevention of infectious diseases. In different management roles, Marcel also managed M&A activities, licensing deals & product launches. For the past 11 years, Marcel was part of the management board as global commercial director for VDL Bus & Coach as well as director/board member of all of its 13 foreign affiliates thereby managing a total team of more than 300 people. In this period, the company achieved market leadership in providing turn-key projects for zero emission public transportation In Europe.