Jacob Kielman was born on September 30, 1951. From 1973 to 1974 he worked at the "Union" cardboard factory in Oude Pekela as an executive assistant. From 1977 to 1981 he was a staff lecturer at the Social Work Training Institute (upper secondary and higher professional education). He then became a management consultant for PTT, covering the Groningen local telephone area.
In 1983 Jacob Kielman joined Gasunie, starting as a staff assistant working on the capital markets section of the Treasury Department. Then he became head of the Capital Market, Foreign Currency and Money Market department. In 1989 he was appointed project manager for Gas Purchases. From 1990 to 1996, he worked as Head of Gas Sales to Industry and then as Head of Treasury and Economics. On February 15, 2000 he was appointed Director of Gas Purchases. Subsequently he became the director of long-term futures markets for GasTerra. He has been a commercial director since 2010.
Education:
- Retail Trade, advanced secondary education
- Higher Education in Economics and Management
- Business Economics, University of Groningen