About Us

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Lakehill Partners is a boutique advisory firm, specialized in assisting the investment community in restructuring and improving company operations and results. Deep experience in systems applications and operations in supply chain and e-commerce, both forward and reverse logistics, ESG reviews and fulfillment throughout the quote to cash cycle.

Typical projects for clients include: 

• Company restructuring, transition & turnaround

• Business development optimization (strategic marketing review/lead generation/pipeline management/reporting) 

• Operations reviews (best practices/business process improvement/lean/cost outs)

• Assisting in selection of technology platforms that support visibility and connectivity throughout the supply chain

Lakehill also provides strategic advisory services, due-diligence, forensic auditing and M&A representation.

Antony Francis   

Successful business leader with deep expertise in omni-channel logistics operations, e-commerce (B2B & B2C) and customer service. Outstanding IT background, leveraging cloud-based systems, and IoT technology. Significant experience in interim management, restructuring and turn-around operations, and growing start-ups. Directs corporate strategy from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Well versed in positioning / messaging of company service offerings and in lead generation/pipeline development programs. Experienced board member: HOBI International and Voodoo Robotics. Community involvment: Dallas Opera, Dallas Symphony, The World Affairs Council, and the Society of International Business Fellows. Appointed to the Advisory Board of the Jim McNatt Institute for Logistics Research at University of North Texas, MBA school.

Extensive international experience with knowledge of multiple cultures. Bilingual English/French. U.S. Citizen.

Before setting up Lakehill, he was CEO of PRC Industries, a leading remanufacturer of consumer product returns for companies like Amazon, Shark and iRobot. Before that he was President of ATC Logistics (then Genco, now FedEx) and took the company through the merger with Genco. Earlier, he worked for Ernst & Young, Total Oil, Guinness Group in France, FedEx in Europe and USA, SciQuest (Jaggaer) and Perkin Elmer traveling to over 45 countries. 

He is a 6-Sigma Black Belt, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Fellow of the Institute of Logistics and Transport. He lives in Dallas and is a member of the Board of the French American Chamber of Commerce. A U.S. Citizen since 2008, he is bilingual English/French.