Christopher Fuqua

Senior Client Partner, Head of Restaurant Practice

Chris Fuqua is a Senior Client Partner and Head of Korn Ferry’s Restaurant Practice. Mr. Fuqua is focused on executive search and advising restaurant, multi-unit retail, and franchised companies on their talent management strategies. Based in Boston, Mr. Fuqua works with global teams at the C-level, and brings decades of hands-on experience as a former CEO and marketing, operations, and supply chain executive in the industry. 

Prior to joining Korn Ferry, Mr. Fuqua helped build the restaurant practice at a major executive search firm and concentrated on all sectors of the industry, placing executives in C-level roles and advising management teams on critical leadership challenges.

Previously, Mr. Fuqua was the CEO and Board Member of a Boston-based fast casual burger chain (B.Good). He led expansion of the brand in Europe, Canada, and in the U.S., and navigated the brand through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Fuqua served for almost 10 years as a senior executive at Dunkin’ Brands, holding roles in Marketing, Operations, Strategy, Finance, and Supply Chain, and working across multiple brands in the portfolio.

Mr. Fuqua began his career at McKinsey & Company, advising Consumer and Retail clients on organizational challenges. Mr. Fuqua also served as a combat-decorated Naval Flight Officer in the United States Navy.

Mr. Fuqua earned a Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in Political Science from the United States Naval Academy and later a Master of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.