Dr. Philip Nöllingbecomes new CFO at DPD Germany

Aschaffenburg, 17November2015 – On 1 January 2016 Dr. Philip Nölling assumes responsibility asChief Financial Officerwith DPD Germany.Inthis capacity he will also become a member of the board of management atDPD GeoPost (Deutschland) GmbH. As CFO he will be taking over from Thomas Loock, who has decided to accept a new challenge outside of DPD.

In Dr. Philip NöllingDPD has appointed to its management team an executive personality with a doctorate in economics and proven experience in the fields of parcel logistics, distance selling and e-commerce.His previous appointments have taken Dr.Nölling via a management post with the Gruner + Jahr group to Otto Group, where after a number of executive posts he became Group Finance Director. Most recently he was Commercial Director at Hermes Logistik Gruppe Deutschland, an Otto Group subsidiary.

"With his professional background Dr. Philip Nöllinghas exactly the right experience and qualifications to support us in our new positioning within the B2C segment, and in the continuation of our process of profitable growth”, states DPD CEO Boris Winkelmann.

Dr.Nöllingadds: "DPD is currently undergoing an exciting transformation process,which has already met with impressive, clearly visible success. I'm looking forward to helping to shape this development in future."

Boris Winkelmann thanked the departing CFO for the contribution he has made to the success of the company:"Thomas Loock has made a decisive contribution to shaping the healthy development which DPD has experienced in recent years, and to driving forward our growth."Thomas Loockbecame DPD CFO in April 2013.

Photo: The new Chief Financial Officer of DPD Deutschland: Dr. Philip Nöllingis looking forward to his new responsibilities.

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About DPD

DPD Germany is part of DPDgroup, the second-largest international parcel delivery network in Europe. Throughout Germany DPD has 76 depots and 6,000 Pickup parcelshops. A workforce of 8,000 and 9,000 delivery drivers are in daily operation on behalf of the company’s customers. Every year the No. 2 on the German parcels market ships around 320 million parcels – providing carbon-neutral transport operations at no additional cost to the customer.

Through innovative technology, local knowledge and dedicated customer care, DPD provides the best possible experience for both shippers and shoppers. DPD’s industry-leading Predict service is setting a new standard for keeping customers closely in touch with their delivery, with real time tracking of their delivery, a one-hour delivery window and a range of options for redirecting parcels. In recognition of this innovation DPD received the Digital Transformation Award 2015.

As part of DPDgroup, DPD Germany has access to over 22,000 local Pickup points across Europe, and delivers to 230 countries worldwide. DPDgroup’s 24,000 people work together to deliver over 3 million parcels each day. DPDgroup is the parcel delivery network of GeoPost, a holding company owned by Le Groupe La Poste, which posted sales of €4.9 billion in the year 2014.

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