Jim Inglis

USA

Jim Inglis is a world-renowned expert with fifty years of experience in the retail home-improvement industry. He served in executive positions with The Home Depot for thirteen years, where he held the titles of Vice President of Merchandising, West Coast; Executive Vice President of Merchandising; and Executive Vice president, Strategic Development.

 

He also served as a member of the Corporate Board of Directors. Jim has helped shape the industry worldwide as a special adviser to the boards of leading home-improvement retailers around the world: Sodimac, Santiago, Chile, the largest building material and home center company in South America, operating in seven Latin American countries; Hornbach, Bornheim, Germany, one of the largest home center chains in Germany, operating in nine Western and Eastern European countries; Bunnings Warehouse, Melbourne, Australia, the dominant home center operator in Australia and New Zealand; and Komeri, Niigata, Japan, which operates more than 1,200 stores selling hardware, home, and agricultural supplies in Japan.