John Makinson

John Makinson on 3 November 2011

John Makinson CBE (born 10 October 1954)[1] is the Chairman of the international publishing company Penguin Random House.[2] He is chairman of The National Theatre.

Biography

After being educated at Repton School and 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,[3] a specialist independent financial consultancy firm. After five years, he returned to the Financial Times to become its 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 Pearson Group.[4] He was Chairman and CEO of Penguin Group (worldwide) from 2002 to 2013.

In addition to being Chairman of Penguin Random House and the National Theatre, Makinson is a director of the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian organisation.

He is married to actor and activist Nandana Sen, daughter of Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen and Padmashri-awardee Nabaneeta Dev Sen.[5]

He has used his knowledge of business to help compile a report for the British government, called Incentives for Change, and received a CBE in 2001 for his services to public sector productivity. He was also photographed by Harry Borden for the National Portrait Gallery in Britain.[6]

External links

References

  1. ↑ MAKINSON, John Crowther, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
  2. ↑ http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/management/?dep=board-of-directors
  3. ↑ http://www.makinson-cowell.co.uk/mak/team/partners/
  4. ↑ http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/aboutus/bio-makinson.html
  5. ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-02/news-interviews/40327905_1_pace-and-zest-inter-continental-relationship-nandana-sen
  6. ↑ http://www.ircuk.org/about-irc-uk/who-we-are/people/trustees/
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