Anthony D. Perkins

Elder Anthony D. Perkins was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 1, 2006. At the time of his call, he was serving as president of the Taiwan Taipei Mission.

He served for five years in the Asia Area Presidency in Hong Kong and for five years in the North America Northeast Area. He is in his ninth year assigned to the Middle East/Africa North Area, presently serving as the Area President while based in Salt Lake City. He also serves on a number of committees and departments at Church Headquarters.

Elder Perkins earned a master’s degree in Asian Studies and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania after completing undergraduate studies in finance at Brigham Young University. Prior to his call as mission president, Elder Perkins worked for 15 years for the international management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, with the last eight years as a senior partner in Beijing, China.

Anthony Duane Perkins was born in 1960. He married Christine Dee Abbott in 1981. They are the parents of six children.