Jacob Hacker

Head of Strategy and Enablement, Consulting at KPMG

Greater Sydney Area

About

Jacob is a Director in KPMG's Consulting division. In his consulting work, Jacob's client focus has predominantly been across the financial services and aerospace sectors, working with many local and international clients. His functional expertise is in strategy, business model and target operating model development, program delivery and lean / operational excellence improvement. Jacob previously served as the Head of Strategy and Enablement for KPMG's Consulting division, leading the transformation of the business, simplifying market positioning, consolidating operational structures and moving to an industry and product-centric operating model. Jacob has also led the establishment of KPMG's Global Space Industry practice in recent years, bringing together people and capabilities across 20 countries.

Experience

  • KPMG Australia (10 yrs 5 mos)
    • Director
      Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs

    • Space Industry Lead
      Feb 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 5 mos

    • Head of Strategy and Enablement, Consulting
      Jul 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Space Committee Member at AmCham Australia
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Australian Delegate - Young Leadership Dialogue at Australian American Leadership Dialogue
    Jan 2022 - Dec 2023 · 2 yrs

  • Advisory Panel - National Space Industry Hub at Cicada Innovations
    Nov 2022 - Nov 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Master Moderator, Space Symposium at Space Foundation
    Apr 2018 - Apr 2018 · 1 mo