John Makinson
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John Makinson is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Penguin Group - the second largest book trade publisher in the world - and also a non-executive director of George Weston ltd in Canada. After completing his degree at Cambridge University, John started working as a journalist, first at Reuters and then at the Financial Times, where he edited the influential Lex column. From there he moved to Saatchi and Saatchi's US Holding Company, before co-founding Makinson Cowell, a specialist independent financial consultancy firm. After 5 years, he returned to the Financial Times to become their managing director, before accepting a job as the Pearson group finance director, where he worked until moving to the Penguin Group - a subsidiary of the afore mentioned Pearson Group.
He has used his knowledge of Business, amongst other things, to help compile a report for the British Government, called “Incentives for Change”, and received a CBE from Her Majesty in 2001 for his services to public sector productivity. He was also photographed by Harry Borden for the National Portrait Gallery in Britain, as he is widely recognised and respected figure in the Business community.
