Steve Demetriou
Chair and CEO
Jacobs
Since 2015, Steve has steered a profound reshaping of Jacobs’– accelerating profitable growth and transforming into the leading, next-generation solutions provider by tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges. He has also put culture at the top of the agenda at Jacobs and has personally championed inclusion and diversity, shifting his executive leadership team from all male to 50% female, while increasing overall diversity of the Jacobs board of directors to 45%. Most recently he has spoken out on racism and social inequality, launching Jacobs’ Action Plan for Advancing Justice & Equality in July 2020.
Steve’s broad international business perspectives are the product of more than 35 years in leadership roles across a wide range of industries.