Committee Members
Print PDF Henry Armour
President and CEO, NACS PO Box 607
Teton Village, WY, 83025-0607
Serving on:
Global Government Affairs Council, Staff Liaison
Board of Directors, Staff Liaison
Executive Committee, Staff Liaison
International Board of Directors, Staff Liaison
International Regional Committee - Asia, Staff Liaison
International Regional Committee - Europe (EMEA), Staff Liaison
Political Engagement Committee, Staff Liaison
Supplier Board Executive Committee, Staff Liaison
Supplier Board Nominating Committee, Staff Liaison
Supplier Leaders Committee, Member
International Regional Committee - LatAm, Staff Liaison
Legislative Committee, Staff Liaison
Nominating Committee, Staff Liaison
NACS Senior Leaders, Member
Company: Hank Armour is the president and CEO of NACS in Alexandria, Virginia. He is only the third person to lead NACS in its 50-year history.
Founded in 1961 as the National Association of Convenience Stores, NACS is the international association for convenience and petroleum retailing, representing more than 2,100 retail and 1,600 supplier member companies. The U.S. convenience store industry, with more than 146,000 stores across the country, posted $575 billion in total sales in 2010, of which $385 billion was motor fuels sales.
Industry Activities/Interests: Hank has long been active as a volunteer for NACS, serving two one-year terms as NACS chairman of the board (2001-2003), as treasurer/chairman-elect and vice chairman of research & development, as well as chairman of the Technology and Education Sessions committees, and was a member of the association's Category Management and Future Study 2000 committees. He is currently serving on the NACS/Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council.
Personal: Hank grew up working in his family's retail automotive and wholesale transportation businesses, Armour Oil Company, from an early age pumping gas, selling tires, and polishing trucks. He managed the company's retail service stations and transportation facilities, negotiated labor contracts, oversaw the company's petroleum supply system, and handled government affairs, rising to the position of vice president and chief operating officer of the company in 1977.
In 1980, Hank joined The Standard Oil Company of Ohio where he served as manager of development strategies. Three years later, he founded West Star Corporation, which grew to include 59 NOW! convenience stores, truck stops and quick service restaurants in the Pacific Northwest until he sold the company in 2004. In 1988 Hank founded a second company, Epoch Corporation, which operated retail enterprises in California. In September 2004, he was selected to succeed Kerley LeBoeuf as NACS president and CEO of NACS beginning July 2005.
Hank earned a B.A. in economics from Stanford University in 1973. A year later he earned an M.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics, and then returned to Stanford to earn an M.B.A. in 1976 and a Ph.D. in economics in 1977. He is the father of two adult children, Elizabeth and Philip.