Jacob is one of the founding Partners of GSC and based in Singapore. He started his sea going career on board ocean going salvage tugs and got involved in a number of salvage operations during this period. After his graduation he obtained deep sea experience on ro-ro vessels and full container ships, both in the deck and engine room departments.

Jacob is a Master Mariner and in addition holds a Marine Engineering degree. After his time at sea he joined a well-known international operating salvage firm and was involved, as Salvage Master, Project Director and General Manager, in many high profile salvage and wreck removal operations such as the NEW CARISSA, KURSK and ROKIA DELMAS.
Since 2008 he is a member of the SCR panel and has been appointed in this capacity in a number of cases such as KOTA KADO, TIGER SPRING and RENA