Jim McHugh
Jim McHugh is Founder and President of McHugh & Company Inc., a strategy and performance improvement management consulting firm that works with middle market and emerging growth companies.
His clients include:
- Private businesses and family-owned companies
- Portfolio companies of private equity funds
- Divisions of large, multinational corporations
- Other professional advisors such as attorneys, accountants, lenders, and investment bankers
Jim has served as CEO and CFO as well as a member of the Board of Directors and Board of Advisors of multiple companies. He has designed and directed challenging strategic and operational engagements to fix 'STUCK' situations in otherwise healthy companies. These change efforts produced substantial improvements in strategic focus, operating performance, profitability, and shareholder value.
Jim’s current board positions include Southworth International Group, Inc. and Seaman Paper Co., Inc. Advisory Board. In the past Jim has served on the boards of Climax Manufacturing Company, The RETEC Group, Inc., Shield Pack, Inc., Chi-Vit, Inc., Questech Metals, Inc., and the Advisory Board of Animation Technologies, Inc.
Jim was also Chairman and CEO of Chi-Vit Corporation, and President of Strategies, Inc., an information technology consulting firm. He is a former Director and Newsletter Editor of the Boston Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth and Founder of The Concord Vine, a monthly breakfast group of operating executives, private investors, corporate development professionals, and attorneys. His writings have been published in M&A Today.
Jim received his AB in Economics from Bowdoin College and MBA from The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. He earned his CPA while employed with Arthur Andersen & Co.
Jim has been a co-facilitator for The Board Forum CEO Roundtables since 2005.
