Chris Hughes

Chris Hughes is a Managing Director and Practice Leader of Transportation & Logistics at G2 Capital Advisors. Chris has nearly 30 years of experience successfully crafting and executing top line and profit expansion strategies within the transportation, supply chain, logistics, and consumer products industries. His specialties include strategic planning and execution, M&A, technology-supported business process re-engineering, and pre-and post-M&A transaction integration.

Prior to joining G2, Hughes served as the Chief Executive Officer of E*Fill America, a U.S based e-commerce focused warehousing and fulfillment company, where he oversaw the development and execution of customer-centric solutions across an independently owned and operated network of nearly 100 third party logistics providers and 80 million square feet of warehouse capacity. Prior to E*Fill, Chris served as the President of Cooltrax Americas, an IoT provider of temperature-controlled telematics sensor technology for the cold chain sector where he led the development and execution of the company’s North American strategic plan including overall product and commercial strategy development, competitive analysis, market trends and risk mitigation. In addition, Hughes served as Founder and President of Agro Merchants Group, a large, global private-equity backed temperature-controlled supply chain services company, where he led all related holding company start-up activities, deal sourcing for North and South America, and general management activities for the North American business unit. Chris sourced and closed seven acquisitions with a total enterprise value of $265MM across both North and South America with an additional set of follow-on capital projects and add-ons valued at $37MM.

Earlier positions included Founder and Principal of Sherborn Ventures, a boutique supply chain consulting and investment advisory services firm focused on lower middle market supply chain and logistics sub-sector pre-and post-investment market analysis and diligence, Chief Commercial Officer at AmeriCold Logistics, and Sr. Director of Global Supply Chain at Avon Products, Inc.

Chris graduated from Princeton University with a BA in Political Science and is APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM). He was formerly an advisor and faculty member for the International Refrigerated Transportation Association, the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses, and the World Food Logistics Organization. He served as a board member of the Logistics Advisory Board for the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Agro Merchants Group, and Hanson Logistics and currently serves on the Board of Hoffberger Holdings, Inc. Chris has two adult children, lives in Boston, and is an avid outdoorsman, sports and music enthusiast.