Chu 2024

SVP, Global Products - Our Place

Chu Chimezie

"Impossible is nothing; when people say impossible, they usually mean improbable..." I am ready. I am consistent. I am devoted. I am generous. I am faithful. I am a finisher. I am churific!

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About Chu Chimezie

Tochukwu (Chu) is a Global Products & Operations leader with 15+ years of experience within end to end Product Development and Supply Chain across multiple industries, disciplines and geographies while working with different companies, chemistries, manufacturing techniques and materials.

He was born in Nigeria but immigrated to the US with his family in 2002 (Dual Citizen of USA & Nigeria.) His never ending drive to retire both parents and end the cycle of poverty in his family would drive his never unquenchable thirst for learning and for working with products and brands that touch and improve lives.

He earned his bachelors in Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, then an MBA in International Business & Strategy at Krannert before completing the rigorous GE Leadership Program and kicking off his extensive global career.

Chu is currently the Global Sr. VP of Products at Our Place leading the R&D, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Compliance, Sustainability, Packaging, Product Development and Industrial Design teams to drive the company through both unprecedented growth and global uncertainties.

He is as well rounded as they come and have worked in both huge organizations (General Electric, Procter & Gamble, Haeir) and fast growing startups (Harry's, quip, Our Place) while also advising and helping smaller scale startups build pillars and scale their operations (Front of the Pack, Fable, Arber, etc.)