After earning a master’s degree in International Relations and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, John Pfeiffer (born in 1970) began his career in 1994 at AIRINC, a global service provider for talent and global workforce management, rising to the position of Managing Director Europe. In July 2007, he moved into HR and compensation management at the international raw materials company Wood Group Mustang, for which he worked on several continents. With his 2014 move to the E.ON Group as Head of Processes and Products, Center of Competence Reward, he remained within the raw materials and energy sector. After the split of the energy company, he joined UNIPER as Head of Reward, with company-wide responsibility for compensation. In 2017, he switched to consulting as an Associate Client Partner at Korn Ferry.

With his interdisciplinary studies in economics, philosophy and psychology at the Universities of Bayreuth, Stellenbosch and Nottingham, Leon Jacob knows how to look at a challenge from different angles. With significant project experience in both compensation and talent management he is an expert in developing integrated HR solutions along the employee lifecycle.

A member of the performance and talent management practice of hkp/// group, Leon is always on the lookout for innovative approaches towards the talent challenges in organizations: talent identification, development, leverage and retention. In international projects with global reach, Leon covers the entire consulting value chain of hkp/// group, from strategic questions all the way to the operative rollout of newly developed HR solutions.

Before his time at hkp/// group Leon developed and published a model for value-based talent management, which he trialed at a UK-based "hidden champion" in the consumer goods industry.