John Zinkin
CEO, Securities Industry Development Corporation

MR JOHN ZINKIN is the Chief Executive Officer of the Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC), formerly known as the Securities Industry Development Centre, the training and development arm of the Securities Commission. He is the Deputy Chairman of Institute of Corporate Responsibility, Malaysia, a network designed to promote best practices in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). He is Visiting Fellow of the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility in Nottingham, UK where his areas of research are CSR and Corporate Governance. He has written “What CEOs must do to succeed”, published by Prentice Hall in 2003 and co-authored “Corporate Governance”, published by John Wiley in 2005. John has 35 years experience in business, of which 20 years have been in Asia, holding senior line management and corporate strategy/business development positions in major multinational manufacturing, marketing and consulting companies.

Mr. Zinkin is also the Managing Director of Zinkin Ettinger Sdn Bhd, a boutique consultancy specializing in Change Management, Corporate Positioning, Change Communication, Brand Development and Marketing.