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John Jeffcock
John Jeffcock (born 1968) is the Chief Executive of Winmark, a London-based C-Suite network business. He sits on the boards and committees of a number of not-for-profit educational establishments and is the author of several books on poetry. Educational not for profit boards include:

·        School Home Support (Trustee)

·        Southwark College (Governor)

·        Companion Assessment Panel, Chartered Management Institute (Member)

·        Business Advisory Board, Royal Docks School of Business and Law, University of East London (Member)

·        WMBA Advisory Panel, Imperial College Business School (Member)

Early Life and Education
The son of David Jeffcock (General Election 1964: Don Valley) and was educated at Worth Abbey.  He attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and passed out into the Coldstream Guards.  He holds a Masters in Business Administration from Oxford Brookes University and a Masters in Poetic Practice from Royal Holloway, University of London.

Career
John had a distinguished career in the army, serving as a Platoon Commander in the First Gulf War (Mentioned in Dispatches) 1991; South Armagh in Northern Ireland in 1992; and as part of the UN Protection Force (UNProFor) in Bosnia Herzegovina 1994. As a Captain in Bosnia, Jeffcock was initially responsible for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) food convoy protection and then became Second in Command of the Northern Cordon around Sarajevo. During this time he led a team to win (Gold Medal) the Cambrian Patrol, the most arduous patrolling competition in NATO. When in the UK he took part in three Queen’s Birthday Parades.

After leaving the army and studying for an MBA, Jeffcock spent a brief period as a consultant before establishing Winmark in 1997, a professional network business which gives business leaders the knowledge and connections to improve the governance, performance and sustainability of their organisations. Winmark’s 5,000 CXO members come from 700 organisations (including half of FTSE 100).

Winmark has achieved the following local and national business awards:

2009      Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Business Excellence Research Company

2014      UK National Business Awards, Finalist, Business Enabler of the Year

2015      Hammersmith & Fulham Business Awards, Highly Commended, Best Training Company

2019      Hammersmith & Fulham Business Awards, Winner, Most Inclusive Employer Award

Poetry & Writing
Jeffcock has published two books of poetry. Book of War, his own poems, was published in 2009 and launched at the House of Commons in support of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity. His second book Heroes: 100 Poems from the New Generation of War Poets was published by Ebury Publishing (Penguin Random House) in 2011 with full support from the Ministry of Defence, the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and General Sir David Richards.

Jeffcock has edited the Winmark One Day MBA book for the ICSA: The Governance Institute. He also edits the quarterly Winmark C-Suite Report and regularly supplies chapters and content to other publications, including Contemporary Issues in Marketing and Compensation (Re)Design for Law Firms.

Family Life
Jeffcock is married to Katrin and has three daughters.