DHL taps insider to be U.S. CEO
For its next chief executive officer, DHL Express has promoted from within.
The Plantation-based express delivery and logistics company said Hans Hickler will succeed John Mullen as CEO for DHL Express in the United States.
Mullen is also a member of the board of management at DHL parent company Deutsche Post World Net.
Sept. 22, Deutsche Post World Net said Mullen will lead global operations for DHL Express business. Regional CEOs, including Hickler, are to report to Mullen.
Hickler joined DHL Express in 2004 as executive vice president of strategy and business implementation in the United States. In that role, Hickler was responsible for developing and implementing DHL’s U.S. business strategy, in addition to overseeing the company’scustomer experience initiative.
Before joining DHL, Hickler spent more than two decades in the transportation industry with the NOL Group and its subsidiaries APL and APL Logistics. In his last appointment, Hickler was CEO of APL Logistics.
