Nigel Jacobs is a seasoned FMCG marketer having worked on many household brands in South Africa in the capacity of Brand Manager, Marketing Manager and Brand Executive his career spans 15 years. Nigel’s experience stretches from dairy products, fruit juices, jam products and other grocery items. Nigel also holds extensive experience in Agro-processing and the B2B marketing of industrial juice concentrates and fruit purees/pulps. Nigel was the Chairman of the South African Fruit Juice Association from 2017 – 2022. In May 2018 Nigel and his wife Christynn Jacobs, a food technologist, decided to start their own jam manufacturing business. The Jacobs Jam Company was born and the state of the art new factory based in Ceres in the Western Cape province of South Africa now services the South African retail market, exports to Ghana, and is actively working on exporting their products to other African and Middle Eastern markets..