DPD tightens up its management structure
In future DPD GmbH & Co. KG will be led by a two-man management team: Hans Fluri (53) and Arnold Schroven (50), the existing chairman of the supervisory board, will take charge of the company as joint CEOs with equal responsibilities. This means that the franchisor, as a leading provider of parcel services in the European B2B sector, is reducing its management team from five members to two in order to reinforce its direct reporting processes. Paul- Marie Chavanne, Chairman of DPD’s majority shareholder GeoPost SA., will become chairman of the supervisory board. All five previous management team members have taken major responsibilities within the GeoPost international structure – this shows the internationality of GeoPost.
The new structure has now been unanimously approved by the supervisory board of DPD GmbH & Co. KG at its recent meeting. The two-man team of Fluri/Schroven is regarded by the supervisory board and the parent company GeoPost SA as a dream team, because the two managers complement each other perfectly. While Arnold Schroven knows the company down to the last detail as a result of his 13 years with DPD, Hans Fluri brings in his management experience with top international companies such as Kraft Foods and Philip Morris. In February 2005 he was appointed CEO of DPD GeoPost Deutschland, a post in which he is to continue. He was recently appointed a member of the five-person international board of the GeoPost SA group.
The previous management team will assume the following responsibilities:
Armin Bohnhoff: new director of operations at the franchisee DPD GeoPost Deutschland, with responsibility for the coordination of all processes and projects. Dr. Bohnhoff will report directly to Hans Fluri.
Peter Burmeister: the new CFO of DPD GeoPost Deutschland, will also report directly to CEO Hans Fluri.
Rainer Braun: new director of international operations, reporting directly to Wolfgang Lehmacher.
Wolfgang Lehmacher: responsible for international operations outside of Europe, reporting directly to GeoPost Chairman Chavanne.
Marek Zulawski: responsible for the international network within DPD GmbH, reporting directly to Arnold Schroven.
Joint CEOs, shorter reporting distances and a slimmed-down organisational structure – with these changes DPD regards itself as ideally positioned to implement its ambitious plans: “We want to place the focus even more strongly on customer service locally, and at the same time push ahead with the development of our worldwide network in order to extend our position as an international specialist provider of CEP services“, stresses new Supervisory Board Chairman Chavanne.
