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JAKOB BRIX DANIELSEN

Senior Vice President, Innovation Practice & Executive Advisor

Jakob is a seasoned operational excellence and business transformation consultant and coach with three decades spent in management consulting and multinational corporations. He has held senior leadership roles at Radiometer Medical (Danaher) and health tech giant Royal Philips, driving global continuous improvement, strategy deployment, and performance management initiatives that delivered strong quality improvements, increased operational predictability, and above-market growth. Jakob now operates as an independent consultant, supporting organizations in strategy execution, operational excellence, and leadership development.


Jakob is passionate about building leaders’ and teams’ problem-solving capabilities to close strategic gaps and deliver mission-critical change. He spent eight years at Radiometer Medical’s Global DBS office, driving strategy deployment that reduced external quality issues by 50% annually and supported 8% year-over-year growth.

At Philips, he played a pivotal role in redesigning and revitalizing the Philips Business System by leading executive Lean leadership programs, scaling global problem-solving and daily management capabilities, and introducing Hoshin Kanri for Strategy Deployment. These efforts significantly improved performance predictability and contributed to a doubling of the company’s share price during his six-year tenure.


He holds an Executive MBA (Innovation Management, Change Management, Business Development) from the Technical University of Copenhagen (DTU) and a B.Sc. in Civil and Structural Engineering. He also holds a diploma in board work obtained by completing the board education at the Technical University of Copenhagen.

Jakob Brix Danielsen’s Industry Experience

Energy

Life Sciences

Medical Devices

Industrial Products

Education Services

Technology Innovation

Supply Chain & Manufacturing Operations

Leadership Development

Consulting Services

Pharmaceuticals

Construction

& More