Health for the connected consumer

Roy Jakobs helps Philips adapt to tech-enabled lifestyles of the 21st century

Conversant in five European languages and having traveled and worked in many parts of the world, Roy Jakobs, executive vice-president of appliance giant Royal Philips, thinks he knows a thing or two about the latest activities in innovation.

A healthy lifestyle, digital technology, consumption upgrade and sustainable business growth - these and other similar themes are very much on his radar, given his additional role as chief business leader for the personal health business of the Amsterdam-headquartered group.