Board of Trustees
Christopher Che is President and CEO of the Che International Group, LLC (CIG), which he founded in 2005. CIG is a multi-national holding company that identifies, acquires, supports, and grows scalable subsidiary companies in diverse industries through startups, strategic acquisitions, joint ventures, and alliances, to help customers maximize supply chain diversity while promoting supply chain excellence. Christopher is an accountant by profession and a veteran Senior Financial Executive with over 35 years of vast and dynamic business management experience.
CIG’s subsidiary acquisition experience includes Hooven-Dayton Corporation (HDC), high-quality prime product labels, flexible packaging, promotional coupons, and specialty printing solutions (2007); Digital Color International, LLC (DCI), point of purchase/entry display, specialty folding cartons, and commercial offset print and bindery (2011); a controlling interest in Cog, LLC, customized graphics production solutions (2012), and chairman of TrueChoicePack Corporation (TCP), manufacturer and distributor of traditional and green private label and customized packaging and disposable products (2014). After successful exponential growth—HDC grew over 300% in 10 years, DCI tripled growth in five years, and Cog and TCP each grew over 3000%—CIG divested all of its Packaging Holdings to focus on Global Supply Chain Excellence for customers across multiple industries including Healthcare, Logistics, Technology, and Telecom.
Consistent with his vision to influence global supply chain excellence, Christopher founded Transworld Supply Network (TSN) in 2018 and Transworld Delivery Corporation (TDC) in 2020. Originating primarily as a medical supplies, products, and equipment company, TSN has evolved into an innovative central marketplace, a multiproduct, multi-division, multi-industry business-to-business, and global supply sourcing enterprise. Powered by transparent Alliance Partnerships with First-class Industry Leaders, TSN is now the Source for Medical Supplies, Products, & Equipment (accounts for 10% of PPE supplies in the U.S.); Industrial & Safety Supplies & Equipment; Building Maintenance & Janitorial Supplies; Construction Supplies; Marketing & Communications Products & Services, Warehousing, Fulfillment & Logistics Services, Sustainable and Biodegradable Food Packaging, and Retail Packaging. TDC is an Amazon-branded Delivery Service Provider (DSP), a last-mile delivery company that quickly grew to over 25 delivery vehicles with 50 employees by the end of 2020. TDC is forecasted to exceed 50 vehicles and 100 employees by the end of 2021 and will continue to expand in the Logistics space through acquisitions.
As President and CEO of CIG, Christopher’s responsibilities include setting strategy and vision, building cohesive executive teams that will lead the company to the next level, creating a positive culture of sustainable growth, and properly allocating capital resources. CIG’s rapid expansion has resulted in its being recognized by Black Enterprise Magazine as a 2012 BE 100s company, one of the nation’s largest black-owned enterprises, and by Inc. Magazine as a 2012 Inc. 500|5000 company, one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S.
Christopher’s community involvement includes serving as a member of President (Obama)’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness from 2011 to 2012, board member of the Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council, the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce, the African American CEO Roundtable of Cincinnati, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the Dayton Area Business Advisory Council, and chairing the Ohio Minority Business Input Committee for all Ohio Minority Companies. Professional, business and civic awards and honors include the President’s Award from the Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council in 2013, the “Outstanding American by Choice” Award in 2012 from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at the recommendation of the White House (this is the highest award presented to immigrants by the Department of Homeland Security), induction into the Association of Ohio Commodores in 2011 by Ohio Governor Kasich; the Cameroon Professional Society (CPS) 2011 Distinguished Leadership Award; the Dayton Business Journal 2010 “Executive of the Year” Award; and the Dayton Business Journal’s 2010 Top 10 Most Influential People in the Greater Dayton Region.
Christopher earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting with a minor in Computers from Wilmington College.
College-Ohio in 1985 and a Master’s of Accountancy degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1986. He resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife Rose and is the proud father of two sons and one daughter.