Best, 1 February 2017 – DPD in the Netherlands today announced two appointments to its management team. Arjan Witteveen commenced his role as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on 1 January 2017, and Thiemo van Spellen will start as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) on 1 March 2017. With these two appointments, DPD in the Netherlands is now ready to implement further growth plans.
Arjan Witteveen (51) has been acting CFO for some time now. Arjan Witteveen graduated as a Registered Accountant and worked as CFO at various companies including UPS and Douwe Egberts. Over the past few years, he has been an active investor and interim manager. Arjan Witteveen explains:
"I am overjoyed to be facing this challenge. Over the past few months, I have gotten to know DPD as a great company in a dynamic market. I am looking forward to continuing the collaboration with the management team and all DPD colleagues, and further developing this collaboration."
Thiemo van Spellen (41) will start as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) on 1 March 2017. Thiemo currently works for Webhelp as its Commercial Director, and he previously worked for Sandd for over 12 years in various commercial roles – including from 2012 to 2015 in the role of CCO.
“In my role as CCO, I am looking forward to working with the team to build on the success of DPD and the commercial departments, by helping to realise our customers’ objectives in a distinctive and successful manner.”
Eric Dietz, CEO of DPD in the Netherlands, explains:
“The appointments of Arjan and Thiemo have completed the board for the beginning of a new, more distinctive course for DPD in the Netherlands. Their vast experience gives us faith that DPD will grow successfully. This is consistent with our ambition to become the top parcel carrier in Europe.”
