Richard Jakob: BA Hons

Richard has twelve years’ international sales experience across a number of sectors including advertising, recruitment and travel.

Having graduated from Liverpool University in German and Dutch (a course which included a year’s teaching in Germany), Richard began his sales career in 1993 with a tour operator specializing in group travel in Europe.  From here he moved into advertising sales at Centaur in 1995, leaving the world of advertising the following year to become a recruitment consultant for a specialist language recruitment agency.  By 1997 he was tempted back into advertising sales to work for Metal Bulletin plc, the leading publisher for the international steel and metals industry, where he remained their top salesperson for three years.

Richard left Metal Bulletin early in 2000 to become Advertisement Manager on the prestigious British Airways in-flight publication, Business Life, as well as its sister title, Deutsche BA’s High Flyer magazine.  By the end of that year he was back at Metal Bulletin, managing the company’s most successful sales team at the time.  This success led to his appointment as Head of Sales in 2002, where he oversaw the merging of several product sales teams into one sales force, selling across a large portfolio which included print and electronic advertising as well as sponsorship and exhibition sales.

Richard joined Sales 101 as its Sales Director in 2005.  He lives in Guildford with Kate and their two children, Alice and Bella. When he has a spare moment, Richard is a keen musician and likes to sing and play guitar, preferably quite loudly.

Tel: 020 8209 3900
Email: richard@sales101.co.uk