BARK Announces Appointment of Seasoned Supply Chain Executive to Board of Directors

BARK, Inc., a leading dog brand with a mission to make all dogs happy, has announced that James Gagne has joined the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately.

Gagne is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of leadership in global supply chain and logistics. He recently founded, and is Chief Executive Officer of KYNTRX Logistics, a next generation, asset-light logistics platform designed to serve critical infrastructure and regulated industries including defense, space, semiconductor/AI, and energy transition. Gagne also serves as a Board Trustee and member of the Strategic Committee at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, where he brings his experience on linkages between policy, the global economy and supply chains to various industries.

From 2017 until 2024, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SEKO Logistics, a leading global supply chain logistics company, where he architected and led its global expansion from operations in three countries and around $400M in revenue to a global enterprise spanning 60 countries and $2.4B in revenue.

“James brings deep experience across global supply chain operations while growing revenue,” said Matt Meeker, Chief Executive Officer. “Having served as CEO at SEKO Logistics and scaled their business in a manner that substantially increased their topline, we’re excited to work with him at BARK. Collectively, his expertise in operations architecture in supply chain and logistics is incredibly valuable, and I am thrilled to welcome him to our Board.”

“I’m excited to join BARK’s Board,” said Gagne. “I look forward to supporting the development of a differentiated, scalable supply chain that can unlock both operational and strategic value.”

Gagne is a global transportation and logistics executive, entrepreneur, and investor with more than 30 years of experience building, scaling, and transforming asset-light supply chain platforms across North America, Europe, and Asia. He spent over 20 years living and operating in China and Hong Kong, holding senior executive and CEO roles with Agility, BAX Global / Schenker, and A.P. Moller–Maersk, developing deep expertise across air, ocean, ground transportation, contract logistics, and compliance-intensive supply chains. Gagne has led and supported over forty acquisitions and joint ventures throughout his career. He holds a B.S. from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and speaks Mandarin Chinese.