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Hugh Williams

Chairman and Managing Member

Background

2021 – Umoja Supply Chain Solutions

  • Co- Founder
  • Chairman
  • Managing Member, Majority Owner
    • Final arbiter regarding long-term strategic planning
    • Leads investment and acquisition committee
    • Leads capital raising
    • Approves all top-level corporate hires
    • Facilitates and manages strategic relationships

2021 – Sterling Bay, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Entrepreneurship

  • Consultant – advisory capacity to office of the CEO and Managing Principals
  • Responsible for strategic relationships and expanding Sterling Bay reach into minority business community

2019 – Circle City Rebar (MBE)

  • Management Team Oversight
  • Responsible for key relationships and strategic oversight

2019 – Co Founder: KWILL Merchant Advisors (DBE)

  • Strategic hires, oversight, corporate strategy lead

2018 – Present: MK Asset Mgmt, Principal, Managing Broker

  • Broker Recruitment
  • Investment Sourcing

2009-2018: Avison Young, Principal, Industrial Brokerage Lead

  • National Industrial Brokerage Lead
  • CenterPoint Properties National Deal of the Year

1998-2009: Cushman & Wakefield Sr. Director

  • Chicago Sun Times Industrial Broker of the Year