Michael Jenkins
CEO
Expert Humans Pte Ltd
Michael was born and spent his early years in Malaysia. He graduated from Durham University in Chinese followed by postgraduate studies in Japanese language, politics and economics at Nanzan University in Nagoya, after which he worked for Toyota Motor Corporation as an analyst. Returning to the UK in 1988, Michael worked at the University of Bath as Director of the Foreign Languages Centre.
In 2001, he returned to Asia as Director of INSEAD Executive Education in Singapore and later joined CCL Asia Pacific as Managing Director. In 2009 Michael took on the role of CEO, Roffey Park Institute (UK). In July 2018 Michael joined the Human Capital Leadership Institute in Singapore and in 2020 set up his own company Expert Humans.
The UK’s HR Magazine named Michael as one of the UK’s Most Influential Thinkers in HR in 2013 and 2016 and in 2020 Michael joined the UK-based FutureWork Forum as a Partner. Michael is a regular speaker, writer and moderator on humanising the workplace, new thinking in leadership development, the Future of Work and sustainability.
He is the author of Expert Humans: Critical Leadership Skills for a Disrupted World which was recently published by Emerald Publishing. His work on empathy and compassion in leadership and organisations has appeared in articles in People Matters, the EFMD’s Global Focus magazine and SMU’s Lien Centre for Social Innovation’s Social Space magazine.
CEO
Expert Humans Pte Ltd
Michael was born and spent his early years in Malaysia. He graduated from Durham University in Chinese followed by postgraduate studies in Japanese language, politics and economics at Nanzan University in Nagoya, after which he worked for Toyota Motor Corporation as an analyst. Returning to the UK in 1988, Michael worked at the University of Bath as Director of the Foreign Languages Centre.
In 2001, he returned to Asia as Director of INSEAD Executive Education in Singapore and later joined CCL Asia Pacific as Managing Director. In 2009 Michael took on the role of CEO, Roffey Park Institute (UK). In July 2018 Michael joined the Human Capital Leadership Institute in Singapore and in 2020 set up his own company Expert Humans.
The UK’s HR Magazine named Michael as one of the UK’s Most Influential Thinkers in HR in 2013 and 2016 and in 2020 Michael joined the UK-based FutureWork Forum as a Partner. Michael is a regular speaker, writer and moderator on humanising the workplace, new thinking in leadership development, the Future of Work and sustainability.
He is the author of Expert Humans: Critical Leadership Skills for a Disrupted World which was recently published by Emerald Publishing. His work on empathy and compassion in leadership and organisations has appeared in articles in People Matters, the EFMD’s Global Focus magazine and SMU’s Lien Centre for Social Innovation’s Social Space magazine.
