Jacob Xavier

Jacob Xavier is an experienced sales professional with a strong background in protective fabrics and personal protective equipment (PPE). Currently serving as Area Sales Manager for TenCate Protective Fabrics in the UAE and Oman since June 2019, Jacob is responsible for the industrial range of the company's products. Prior to this role, Jacob was Area Sales Manager for Portwest in the GCC, where a significant tender was secured with ADNOC. Jacob has also held positions as Regional Sales Manager for Timberland PRO in the MENA region, where market expansion to Egypt and Oman was achieved, and as Sales Manager for Delta Plus Middle East, where B2B channel development in the UAE and Bahrain was successfully executed. Jacob's career began at Allsafe (FZE) managing dealer relations across multiple countries. Jacob holds an MBA in Marketing from SP Jain School of Global Management, completed in 2016.