Chris Henson Joins Hooker Furnishings Corp. Board of Directors
17 Octobre 2022 - 12:00PM
Chris Henson, a senior executive who helped BB&T Corp. grow
from a small North Carolina regional bank to the 8th largest US
bank in 2019, is joining the Board of Directors of Hooker
Furnishings Corp. (NASDAQ – GS:HOFT).
Christopher L. Henson
Henson, who began with BB&T in 1985, rose to
progressively higher executive positions including City Executive,
Regional President, State President, Chief Financial Officer, and
Chief Operating Officer before being promoted to President and
Chief Operating Officer from 2016 – 2019. After BB&T merged
with SunTrust to become Truist Bank, Henson served as Head of
Banking & Insurance from 2019 to 2021 until his recent
retirement.
“Chris is known as a collaborative leader
consistently focused on growing people and building a values-based,
purpose-driven culture,” said Henry Williamson, Chairman of the
Board at Hooker Furnishings. Williamson and Henson served together
in senior management roles at BB&T for over 20 years. “Chris
was a beloved and respected executive by the people working with
and for him,” Williamson said. “His philosophy has always been that
employees deliver outstanding service to customers when they feel
cared for.”
Henson is a leader with a proven track record,
Williamson said. “Chris is very focused on the continued
development of people and organizations. His extensive experience
in a wide variety of leadership roles will add value to our Board
of Directors.”
“It is a great honor to join the Board of Hooker
Furnishings, a company with nearly a century of success driven by
strong values and a compelling employee and customer-focused
culture,” Henson said. “I enjoyed helping BB&T grow while
maintaining its strong culture, and I see a lot of opportunities
for growth at Hooker Furnishings,” he said.
Henson, a resident of Lewisville, NC, is a
graduate of High Point University, the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill Young Executive Institute and Duke University’s
Advanced Management Program.
Based in Martinsville, Va, Hooker Furnishings
Corporation, in its 98th year of business, is a designer, marketer
and importer of casegoods (wooden and metal furniture), leather
furniture, and fabric-upholstered furniture for the residential,
hospitality and contract markets. The Company also domestically
manufactures premium residential custom leather and custom
fabric-upholstered furniture and outdoor furniture. Major casegoods
product categories include home entertainment, home office, accent,
dining, and bedroom furniture in the upper-medium price points sold
under the Hooker Furniture brand. Hooker’s residential upholstered
seating product lines include Bradington-Young, a specialist in
upscale motion and stationary leather furniture, Sam Moore
Furniture, a specialist in upscale occasional chairs, settees,
sofas and sectional seating with an emphasis on cover-to-frame
customization, Hooker Upholstery, imported upholstered furniture
targeted at the upper-medium price-range and Shenandoah Furniture,
an upscale upholstered furniture company specializing in private
label sectionals, modulars, sofas, chairs, ottomans, benches, beds
and dining chairs in the upper-medium price points for lifestyle
specialty retailers. The H Contract product line supplies
upholstered seating and casegoods to upscale senior living
facilities. The Home Meridian division addresses more moderate
price points and channels of distribution not currently served by
other Hooker Furnishings divisions or brands. Home Meridian’s
brands include Accentrics Home, home furnishings centered around an
eclectic mix of unique pieces and materials that offer a fresh take
on home fashion, Pulaski Furniture, casegoods covering the complete
design spectrum in a wide range of bedroom, dining room, accent and
display cabinets at medium price points, Pulaski Upholstery,
stationary and motion upholstery collections available in fabric
and leather covering the complete design spectrum at medium price
points, Samuel Lawrence Furniture, value-conscious offerings in
bedroom, dining room, home office and youth furnishings, Prime
Resources, value-conscious imported leather upholstered furniture,
and Samuel Lawrence Hospitality, a designer and supplier of hotel
furnishings. The Sunset West division is a designer and
manufacturer of comfortable, stylish and high-quality outdoor
furniture. Hooker Furnishings Corporation’s corporate offices and
upholstery manufacturing facilities are located in Virginia and
North Carolina, with showrooms in High Point, N.C., Las Vegas,
N.V., and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The company operates
distribution centers in North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia,
California, China and Vietnam. Please visit our websites
hookerfurnishings.com, hookerfurniture.com, bradington-young.com,
sammoore.com, hcontractfurniture.com, homemeridian.com,
pulaskifurniture.com, accentricshome.com, slh-co.com, and
sunsetwestusa.com. The company’s stock is listed on the Nasdaq
Global Select Market under the symbol HOFT.
For more information, contact
Paul A. Huckfeldt, senior vice president -finance &
accounting & chief financial officer,
phuckfeldt@hookerfurnishings.com
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