Elmar Toime joins Earth Class Mail Board of Advisors

Former New Zealand Post CEO and Royal Mail Executive Deputy Chairman brings expertise in postal innovation and strategic partnerships.

Earth Class Mail Corp. announces the appointment of former New Zealand Post and Royal Mail executive Elmar Toime to its Board of Advisors. Toime, who currently is an independent advisor to the postal sector, brings to Earth Class Mail a track record of innovation in mail-services diversification and national-post management at a time when the company is expanding its presence globally through technology licensing partnerships with national posts worldwide. Recently, the company announced a landmark strategic partnership with Swiss Post to operate Earth Class Mail under the post’s own venerated brand in Switzerland and in 15 other countries where it has an operational presence.

Toime served as CEO of New Zealand Post from 1993-2003, during which time he successfully diversified its business base and led the establishment of a new, full-service retail bank, Kiwibank Ltd., as a subsidiary. In March, 2003, he was appointed Executive Deputy Chairman of Royal Mail Group PLC in Great Britain and became chairman of its management board. He left Royal Mail in late 2004 to form his consultancy; in that same year, he received the Industry Leadership Award at the World Mail Awards in Berlin. Toime also serves on the supervisory board of the Deutsche Post World Net, the world’s leading logistics group.