APAC Insider- Q4 2025 | 7 Jul25196 Always striving for excellence, the Jacob Group of Companies is an esteemed group of 37 concentric businesses which are all related to and within the automotive industry. Furthermore, with five property companies involved, this group can extensively research its mixture of clients across a range industry franchises. Here we explore the Jacob Group’s dedication to its clients and team as Neville wins his title in our prestigious awards programme. With the core values of vision, people, hard work, financial control, technology, concentric growth, and, of course, fun the Jacob Group has created the perfect work-life, and professional-topersonal growth programme across its operations. Always thinking ahead of the curve, taking on industry trends, setting new benchmarks and staying financially agile to do more that keep up, Neville and the Jacob Group continue to improve the automotive industry for a plethora of clients across its region. The business strategy is centred around communication, direction, policies and procedures and an outcome to ensure that the company and its concentric partners are consistently on track to achieve a higher growth and success rate. In the same vein, Neville and his team are committed to monitoring KPI’s with strong and clear direction with every business decision made. The Jacob Group rigorously protects its reputation with its clients, receiving many wordof-mouth recommendations for organic growth, and its team’s seamless ecosystem creates an environment for exponential success. Neville has always had a passion for motor vehicles, when he left school, he started studying mechanics, panel beating, welding and spray painting at TAFE in Albury, NSW. Dedicated and passionate about his studies he committed to several courses at one time and was away nearly every night of the week. Additionally, Neville was always full of enthusiasm and energy when it came to starting his career at 17. To this day, Neville has been an influential force in his industry – guaranteeing only the best relationships between the Jacob Group’s myriad of businesses and team members. He told us: “I find, when interacting with others, it’s important to have mutual respect and ensure support whenever required. We are a diversified company with concentric growth that compliments every business that we run”. In August 2023, the Jacob Group was inducted into the Hall of Fame through the Albury Wodonga Business Awards, a humbling award for the family, to be recognised by their business peers. The Jacob Group has such a rich history, Neville shared: “It all started with my great grandfather Herman (Harry) August Jacob who was born on May 18, 1899. Harry began working as a coachbuilder and blacksmith at Walla Walla in 1915 at 16 years of age. After 10 years he ventured out on his own and purchased a small office on Commercial Street Walla Walla. In 1934 Harry acquired the HV McKay Massey Harris machinery franchise, and in 1942 his son Lionel joined the business resulting in the formation of H A Jacob & Sons Pty Ltd. Later in 1967, I joined the company and worked with my father, Lionel”. “Harry passed away in 1972 and Lionel became the Managing Director of H A Jacob & Sons. It was in June 1975 that the company was appointed the Toyota franchise, and Jacob Toyota was born. So began decades of growth for the company with small local acquisitions at Henty and Corowa and eventually a large investment and building program in Albury-Wodonga.” Then, over the ensuring decades the company experienced periods of huge growth with Neville carrying on the legacy of the business. He continued: “The Jacob Group of Companies is a locally owned family operated business with our core strengths focused on family values along with employees being at the heart of the business. With over 90 years of operation in the Albury Wodonga region, you can feel confident that the products and customer service that you receive from our entire team will be second to none.” There are over 600 staff members who each work with dedication to adhere to the values of the company. Neville added: “Our most important commodity is our customer, and we are continually striving to improve our facilities and procedures, invest in our staff, in an endeavour to service their needs at a professional level so that they may share with us a vision of the future that we have for our family business.” For his unwavering devotion to supporting the continual development of the business and its network of individuals, Neville has recently won the title of Most Influential Automotive Industry Leader 2025. Neville Jacob. We look forward to seeing what comes next for Neville, the team, and the Jacob Group as a whole. Contact: Neville Jacob Website: https//jacobgroup.org Most Influential Automotive Industry Leader 2025: Neville Jacob
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