Håkon Jacobsen (born 1962) is a Norwegian engineer and executive officer. Since 2008 he has been CEO of

Blom Blom is a European service provider within acquisition, processing and modelling of geographical information. Blom maintains European databases with collections of map, images and models. With particular focus on online services, Blom provides d ...

Biography

Jacobsen is educated with a MSc in Engineering from the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology ( Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was ...

. He worked for 20 years as a consultant, and later partner in

Accenture Accenture plc is a global multinational professional services company originating in the United States and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, that specializes in information technology (IT) services and management consulting. It was founded in 1 ...

before he was hired by Blom. In Accenture he worked within telecom and high tech, and lived six years in

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

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1962 births Living people Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian engineers Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Norwegian expatriates in China {{norway-business-bio-stub