Jacob Zakarias Eyermann

Jacob Zakarias Eyermann is an experienced leader in the fields of education and non-profit management, currently serving as Formand for Fonden Danske Diakonhjem since April 2023, where Danske Diakonhjem operates as the largest private, non-profit provider of elderly care in Denmark. Eyermann has been the Forstander at Diakonhøjskolen since November 2021 and previously held the position of Højskoleforstander at Silkeborg Højskole from August 2011 to October 2021, where responsibilities included teaching in the U-LAND travel project and guiding courses in Communication, Media, Project Management, and Leadership. Early career experience includes roles as Kommunikationsmedarbejder and præst as well as Forbundssekretær and præst at FDF from August 2005 to August 2011. Eyermann's educational background includes a Diplom in Journalism from Danmarks Medie- og Journalisthøjskole, a Master of Arts in Theology from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and a Kandidatgrad in Theology from Aarhus University, along with other studies at Aalborg University and the Henry Martin Institute in Hyderabad, India.