John Zinkin has 47 years’ experience in business, of which thirty have been in Asia, holding senior line management and corporate strategy/business development positions in major multinational manufacturing, marketing and consulting
companies. Since moving to Malaysia in 2001, John has set up his own independent consulting company specializing in corporate positioning, change management and communication, as well as marketing strategy and training.
He is a member of ICDM’s faculty training boards and senior management in corporate governance, ethics and leadership. He was the Managing Director, Corporate Governance of Iclif Leadership and Governance Centre. He was also the CEO of the Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC) the training and development arm of the Securities Commission.
John was Vice President of the Business Council for Sustainability and Responsibility Malaysia (BCSRM), and is a member of the Global Coaching Partnership based in Sydney. John has written “Rebuilding Trust in Banks” published by John Wiley in 2014, “Challenges in Implementing Corporate Governance: Whose business is it anyway?” published by John Wiley in 2010 and “What CEOs must do to succeed” published by Prentice Hall in 2003, and co-authored “Corporate Governance” published by John Wiley in 2005. He is a regular speaker on corporate governance and trainer of boards in the subject and a regular writer on issues of governance for the Star and was awarded writer of the year award in 2014 by MSWG.
John was Associate Professor of Marketing and Strategy at Nottingham University Business School, Malaysia Campus teaching marketing and strategy in the MBA program and International Management and International Marketing in the M.Sc program on International Business. He has published articles on CSR in international journals and was a Visiting Fellow at the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility in Nottingham, UK.
He is currently the Managing Director of Zinkin Ettinger Sdn Bhd for the past 18 years.
