Global Supplier Council Membership
Membership in the NACS Global Supplier Council (GSC) provides rich and unique benefits to NACS supplier members who conduct business on a global scale in the convenience and fuel retailing industry.
Membership in the NACS Global Supplier Council (GSC) provides rich and unique benefits to NACS supplier members who conduct business on a global scale in the convenience and fuel retailing industry.
Key benefits include exclusive supplier participation in the NACS Convenience Summit Asia, NACS Convenience Summit Europe, and the NACS Show, access to global knowledge and first-rate education, opportunities for powerful connections through networking events, brand visibility among leading retailers, and the ability to enhance the global convenience channel for collective success.
In 2015, GSC membership expanded to include two tiers – Classic and Advantage – to provide even more rewarding benefits and privileges to supplier companies seeking a heightened presence in the international convenience channel.
Let us know how we can help you capitalize on the year-round suite of opportunities.
Henry Armour
Chairman Emeritus & CEO, NACS Global
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Henry Armour is the previous president and CEO of NACS. He grew up working in his family’s retail businesses, Armour Oil Company, rising to the position of vice president and COO in 1977. In 1980, he joined The Standard Oil Company of Ohio, where he served as manager of development strategies. He later 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, Armour founded Epoch Corporation, which operated retail enterprises in California.
He became president and CEO of NACS in July 2005, having also served as the association’s chairman in 2002 and 2003. Armour earned a BA in economics from Stanford University, an MSc in economics from the London School of Economics, and an MBA and PhD in economics from Stanford University.
Mark Wohltmann
Director, NACS Global
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In his current role, Mark is responsible for the strategic development of NACS Global.
Mark has more than 20 years of experience in research & consulting, with a focus on FMCG/CPG and Retail. Prior to joining NACS in late 2016 Mark worked in Strategic Product Development with the Nielsen Company in Europe, developing solutions for clients from the Convenience Retail, HoReCa, eCommerce and Tobacco industry. Prior to this Mark worked with the start-up USP Market Intelligence, setting up Germany's largest convenience retail panel, as well as with Combera (Advantage Smollan), developing Marketing- and sales strategies for FMCG companies, entering the convenience retail sector.
Mark started his career in the advertising industry, focusing on trade marketing and sales advertising in impulse retail channels, working with Dorland in Berlin and with Grey and BBDO in Duesseldorf after studying business administration at the University of Siegen and being trained in advertising consulting.
