Interim Chief Financial Officer
Chris Naughton is a CPA and CMA with more than 25 years of finance and accounting experience, the majority of which focused on the consumer products industry.
Chris joined Town & Country Living after successfully working for the private equity owned organizations, Ethos Pet Brands and Matrixx Initiatives. While at Ethos, Chris, the VP & Controller, was a significant contributor to the initial “carve out” of the Natural Balance brand from the J.M. Smucker Company in 2021, implementing their ERP solution, generating significant value through a merger with Canidae Pet Foods in 2023 and creating the newly formed company, Ethos Pet Brands. At Matrixx, Chris, the Corporate Controller, was instrumental in several key initiatives including product cost reduction, leveraging market data for strategic planning, and the eventual sale (exit) to Church & Dwight, a strategic buyer, in 2021. Prior to working for these organizations, Chris held various finance and accounting roles of increasing responsibility with Summit Medical Group, Kyowa Kirin (ProStrakan), Novartis, Pfizer, Major League Soccer and KPMG. Chris has a B.S. from the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond, and an MBA from the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business.