Kevin Jenkins is the President and Chief Executive Officer of World Vision International. This occured after over 10 years as a child sponsor, volunteer, fundraiser and ultimately a board member with the World Vision International office in his native Canada.
Kevin earned a Bachelor of Law from the University of Alberta and later added an MBA at Harvard Business School.
After three years working in corporate law, Kevin joined Canadian Airlines, where he spent more than a decade helping to steer the airline through turbulent times in the aviation industry.
Having become President and Chief Executive Officer, he worked alongside staff at every level of the company before overseeing a $1 billion financial restructuring that helped the company develop into an airline with 130 aircraft and 16,000 employees.
He went on to lead The Westaim Corporation, where he focused on turning technological innovations into marketable products, including medical devices, flat panel displays, and aerospace coatings. Then, as Managing Director of TriWest Capital Par tners for the last six years, he was a par tner in a private equity firm with more than $400 million of committed capital.