Erik Uljee appointed CEO of DPD Netherlands

Press release 16 December 2022

On 1 January 2023, Erik Uljee will take up the reins as CEO of DPD Netherlands. He succeeds Eric Dietz, who has been Executive Vice President of GeoPost/DPDgroup since 1 July 2022.

 

Erik Uljee has 27 years of international experience in logistics and E-commerce. At FedEx Express he was responsible as Vice President Ground Operations for all FedEx activities in the Benelux and Scandinavia. Before that he worked as Managing Director Benelux at TNT, managed global Sales for TNT’s top 500 customers as Director Strategic Account Management and worked in America as Vice President Sales at Ingenico, a provider in E-payments.

Erik brings wide-ranging experience to his new role and has a proven track record in achieving the long-term profitability of businesses in logistics and e-commerce. Erik is an energetic people manager who believes in bringing teams together to achieve excellent results. DPD Netherlands is delighted to welcome Erik.

Eric Dietz, former CEO DPD Netherlands on Erik’s appointment:

I am delighted that Erik Uljee will be the new CEO of DPD Netherlands to build further on our ‘Together and Beyond’ strategy. Erik is an experienced and enterprising professional in the sector with a passion for people. I am convinced that Erik is a perfect match for our culture and will expand our business further, in both our home and international markets”.

Erik Uljee on his appointment as CEO at DPD Netherlands: '

I'm delighted to be joining DPD Netherlands and, together with my new colleagues, contributing to further growth and providing excellent service to our customers, both nationally and internationally. The further rollout of our Together and Beyond strategy is a vital guide to help us achieve this. In short: I'm looking forward to it!'

 

About DPD Netherlands

DPD Netherlands is part of GeoPost/DPDgroup, which in turn is part of the French Groupe La Poste. DPDgroup is the largest network for parcel delivery services in Europe. We combine innovative technology and local knowledge to provide a flexible and user-friendly service to both shippers and shoppers. With our cutting-edge Predict service, ease of use takes on a whole new meaning by providing our customers with up-to-the-minute information about the delivery of their parcel.

With 120,000 delivery experts and a network of more than 70,000 pickup points, we deliver 8,4 million parcels every day – 2,1 billion parcels a year – via the brands DPD, Chronopost, SEUR and BRT.

DPDgroup strives to be the model of sustainable delivery and to act as a major driver in accelerating the expansion of e-commerce.

DPDgroup is the network for parcel deliveries of GeoPost, with a turnover of 14,7 billion euro in 2021. GeoPost is a holding company owned by Le Groupe La Poste.

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