LINDA M. JENKINSON CHAIRMAN – LESCONCIERGES, INC

LINDA M. JENKINSON
CHAIRMAN – LESCONCIERGES, INC
77 Maiden Lane, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: 415-819-5775
Email: [email protected]
QUALIFICATIONS
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25 years general management and consulting experience
Background in business services, financial services and insurance, high-tech,
healthcare, and transportation and logistics
Expertise in general management, strategy, capital raising, mergers and
acquisitions, strategic sourcing, operations, outsourcing, turnarounds, finance,
entrepreneurialism and change management
Founded two multi-million companies including an IPO of a $230 million
international transportation services company with 6,000 employees
M.B.A., The Wharton School, B.B.S. Massey University, A.C.A qualification
Public and private board experience
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LesConcierges Inc, San Francisco
2000 to Present
Chairman & CEO
Built LesConcierges into the leading global loyalty concierge providing services to financial institutions and
Fortune 100 corporations to build loyalty, increase customer retention and employee satisfaction. The company
has developed a unique business model and supporting technology platform to service the global affluent
customer.
Dispatch Management Services Corp, New York & San Francisco
1994 to 1999
Chairman, CEO & Founder (Nasdaq: DMSC)
DMS Corp was a global $230 million same day delivery firm with 6,000 workers in 65 cities throughout the United
States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Led the IPO and assembled a network of 39 companies with
$150 million revenue base. Increased revenue by 70% in 6 months through 16 acquisitions and broadened
geographic scope to the United Kingdom and Australia. Lead the development of DMS’s unique business model
and supporting technology platform, which enabled dispatch intensive businesses to improve profitability and
scale for growth.
A. T. Kearney, San Francisco, Hong Kong & New York
1994 to 1997
Vice President – Global Financial Institutions
Founding member of the team that built global financial services and insurance practice to a $200 million financial
institutions consulting subsidiary of EDS. Clients included money center banks, regional banks, credit card issuers,
insurance and healthcare companies. Served on A.T. Kearney’s management committees including the Global
Sourcing Team and the Diversity Committee. Consulted on strategic, operational management issues and
implementation that encompassed business strategies, organizational and profit improvement, change
management, risk management, business outsourcing and turnarounds.
LINDA M. JENKINSON, C.V
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Price Waterhouse, New Zealand, Boston & New York
Management Consultant
1984 to 1993
Merrill Lynch, New York
Associate – Financial Institutions
BOARD POSITIONS
1990
LesConcierges Inc
Chairman
2000 – Present
Massey University US Foundation
Director & Secretary
2010 – Present
WOW Holdings Inc & WOW Foundation
Director
2006 - 2009
Red Cross – Bay Area Chapter
Gala Chair & Director
2004 - 2007
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
Silicon Valley Beachhead Board Member
2003 - 2006
DMSC (Nasdaq)
Chairman
1994 – 1999
EDUCATION
M.B.A. The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Finance, 1991
Bachelor of Business Studies, Massey University, New Zealand, 1983
Accounting & Finance / Data Processing
AFFILIATIONS
New Zealand Society of Accountants (A.C.A.) 1996
PUBLICATIONS
Stanford Business School: LesConcierges Case Study, 2009
Harvard Business School Case Study: DMS Corp, 1999
Courier Magazine, The Restructuring of On-Demand Courier, May 1996,
Restructuring of the Commercial Banking Industry, BAI, 1988
AWARDS
World Class New Zealander – 2007 - Present
SF Business Times: Top 100 Women-Owned Businesses, 2004 - 2006
Silicon Valley FWE Trailblazers Award, 2000, 2001
Leningrad Stock & Commodities Exchange, 1991
Nikko Securities Fellowship, 1990
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
Frequent appearances including NBC 2002, CNN, March & August 1998, CNBC
November 1998, Bloomberg 1998
OTHER
New Zealand Citizen, U.S. Green Card Holder, EEC Work Eligibility