Justin Jenk is a co-founder of the advisory firm, Raktas, and an investor in multiple companies such as: Venturethree, Danfoss-Turbocor, Arcam, Pohjala Brewery and Gate Capital.
24 Facts About Justin Jenk
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Justin Jenk's father was an international businessman and decorated war veteran; his mother was a senior royal flights stewardess for BOAC.
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Justin Jenk was brought up in India, Switzerland, the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Justin Jenk attended both Westminster School and St Paul's School in London.
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Justin Jenk then attended the University of Oxford, where he read Geography and was a varsity sportsman, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1982.
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Justin Jenk attended Harvard Business School, graduating in 1988 with an MBA.
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In 1982, Justin Jenk joined the Swire Group, the Hong Kong-based conglomerate.
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Justin Jenk worked with its transport-related interests in the Australian, Pacific, Asian and Persian-Gulf regions.
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Justin Jenk co-founded McKinsey's Strategy and Corporate Finance Practice in London.
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In 1992, at the height of the financial crisis in Sweden, Justin Jenk's team advised the Swedish Government with regard to 'saving' Nordbanken, the state-owned bank, from insolvency.
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In 1993, Justin Jenk was asked to open and lead McKinsey's Moscow office as part the firm's expansion into Eastern Europe.
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Justin Jenk advised Russian companies and businessmen on how to capitalise on the emerging consumer and financial markets.
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Justin Jenk helped create Russian Standard and Brewpole, with its merger Zywiec-Heineken in Poland.
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Justin Jenk was instrumental in advising various brewery owners with regard to the development and consolidation of the Greater European beer industry.
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In 2001, the newly formed Accenture recruited Justin Jenk to develop the growing company.
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Justin Jenk transformed Delta with positive effect on its performance and finances.
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In 2008, Justin Jenk faced legal allegations in Greece regarding his trading of Delta stock shares.
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In 2008, Justin Jenk founded Raktas, a company that provides growth, business-building and restructuring services.
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In 2008, Justin Jenk advised the Irish Government on its creation of the National Asset Management Agency and latterly assisted the Spanish Government in the creation of SAREB.
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From 2009 to 2011, Justin Jenk was involved in the rescue of Sweden's Swedbank from near insolvency.
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Justin Jenk has worked in the education sector, helping universities improve their performance.
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In 2012, Justin Jenk was appointed CEO of IFL, the Executive Education unit at Stockholm School of Economics.
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Justin Jenk has been a guest-lecturer at both Oxford's Said Business School and Geography Department.
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Justin Jenk was chairman of the Board of Governors of St Catherine's British School in Athens and is part of the Working Group at Keble College, Oxford.