Kris Hamper Email Address

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Out here in Oregon, we re used to getting things done you could call it our pioneering spirit. It s why Leatherman Tool Group is proud to support U.S. workers who, just like our founder Tim Leatherman, are dedicated to the quality craftsmanship that goes into each of our original American multi-tools.After spending his childhood in Oregon, Tim Leatherman stayed local and received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University. A low-budget, post-college trip abroad, which included many fix-it situations, convinced Tim of the need for a pliers based multi-purpose tool.Once back home in the states, Tim set to work developing his idea. On July 5, 1983 Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. was officially incorporated based on a few simple principles: manufacture quality products that deliver excellent value to the consumer while providing good, living-wage jobs to the local workforce. More than thirty years later we re still going strong in the U.S., in our home town of Portland, Oregon.

Finance and Operations executive with extensive experience in consumer goods and apparel/footwear industries. Broad understanding of international operations having been involved with setting up and managing organizations throughout Europe and Asia.