Brenlen Jinkens
Managing Director

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Mr. Jinkens is Managing Director in the firm's London office and is responsible for the firm's European strategy. Prior to co-founding Cogent Partners, Mr. Jinkens was an executive director of Lehman Brothers Europe, where he covered financial services technology businesses in the UK, Germany and Scandinavia.

Mr. Jinkens also started an online financial services business, and worked for five years in the financial services practice of McKinsey & Company in Paris and London. He has over 15 years of experience advising financial services companies, and has played a role in the successful execution of several significant engagements, including the turnaround of one of Canada's premier banking groups, the merger of two of the largest professional services firms in the world, and the launch of the UK's first crossing network for buy-side investors.

Mr. Jinkens has an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and a BA from Princeton University.