Michael Jenkins

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.

In 2001, he returned to Asia as Director of INSEAD Executive Education in Singapore and subsequently joined the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) Asia Pacific as Managing Director. In 2009 Michael took on the role of CEO, Roffey Park Institute (UK).  In 2020 he set up his own company Expert Humans. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor (Management and Organisation) at NUS Business School.

The UK’s HR Magazine named Michael as one of the UK’s Most Influential Thinkers in HR in 2013 and 2016. In 2023 and again in 2024, ETHR (The Economic Times HR) named Michael as one of the top HR Influencers in Asia Pacific.

Michael joined the UK-based FutureWork Forum in 2020. He is a regular speaker, writer and moderator on leadership development and the Future of Work. He is the author of Expert Humans: Critical Leadership Skills for a Disrupted World (2021) and Toxic Humans – Combatting Poisonous Leadership in Boards and Organisations (2024).