Chris Munro

Current

Board Member at IANA
Board Member at FastFrate
Trustee at Open Road Foundation

Operating Partner/Managing Director at Fenway Partners

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Past

CEO & President at RoadLink
CEO & President at Linfox
CEO & President at Zomax ( previously Inoveris and Metatec)

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Education

London Business School
The University of Glasgow
Garnock Academy

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Chris Munro’s Summary

A proven, transformational, entrepreneurial international CEO, board member, and private equity partner. Mr.Munro has designed, developed, led and repositioned public, private and private equity owned $200m to $6bn product, service and manufacturing businesses in Western Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas. He possesses an exemplary track record of achieving significant and sustainable stakeholder value based upon strong execution skills coupled with strategic repositioning, acquisitions, deep customer relationships and developing high performing process orientated leadership teams.

He possesses a deep understanding of company leadership at national, international and global levels, including strategy, board management, company general management, operations, customer development, manufacturing, supply chain, outsourcing, financial re-engineering, mergers and acquisitions, government/lobby groups and new country entry and development plans.

Currently as Managing Director/Operating Partner of a mid sized private equity fund he has helped design, acquire and operate four North American logistics platform concepts. Most recently, as CEO, Mr. Munro has built a private equity sponsored $500m group into the NA market leader in the intermodal logistics market place.

His last three private equity experiences highlight he designs high impact strategies, successfully sources and closes of transactions. In addition he consistently financially re-engineers, executes operational and strategic step changes. This has been done in public, private as well as inside a chapter 11settings. He has delivered sustainable growth engines and lasting high performing leadership teams. The end results have been measured in hundreds of millions of dollars of shareholder value.

Chris Munro’s Specialties:

Markets focused upon outsourced business services, logistics, distribution segments and manufacturing. Experiences cut across retail, consumer, healthcare, automotive communications, chemical, packaging, interactive gaming, shipping and railway markets.

Managed, built and improved advisory, public, private and industry boards.

Previous companies – Fenway Partners, RoadLink, RoadLink USA, Linfox, Exel, BRS, NFC, Scottish Freight Company, Fuelink, Allied Van Lines, Metatec and Inoveris

Chris Munro’s Experience

Board Member

IANA

(Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Board Member

FastFrate

(Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Trustee

Open Road Foundation

(Philanthropy industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Operating Partner/Managing Director

Fenway Partners

(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Middle market leading $2bn private equity group focussed upon logistics and consumer goods franchised building companies. I support the franchise in developing investment and operating strategies across portfolios/new platforms to add step changes in value and performance. Focus has been sourcing, closing and running investment platforms in North America.