Hans Christian Jacobsen

Hans Christian worked for 15 years with European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) based in London where he was Director of Agribusiness.

Hans Christian had direct responsibility for EBRD’s investments and lending in agriculture, food, beverage, retail, packaging and related industries with annual investments of USD 550 million allocated to approximately 40 investment projects per year. During his time with EBRD he was responsible for portfolio management of 125 active investment projects and EBRD investments, totaling USD 5.5 billion in more than 280 projects.

Hans Christian built up this highly profitable business at EBRD and managed a team of 30 bankers. Hans Christian has worked in emerging market economies since 1986, holding previous positions at the Industrialization Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) and the Investment Fund for Central and Eastern Europe. He continues today at the board of directors of a number of large companies.

Hans Christian has been with Penm Partners since 2006.