Top line growth the aim as John Pearson takes the helm at DHL Express

DHL CEO John Pearson

Modernisation and investment will be the focus for new CEO of DHL Express John Pearson, who has also become a board member of the parent company, DP-DHL.

Formerly CEO of DHL Express Europe, he brings a decade of experience with the company.

Mr Pearson took over from Ken Allen, who took on DHL’s new eCommerce Solutions division in September in a bid to revamp and boost the company’s struggling Post, e-commerce and Parcel (PeP) unit.

“We are pleased to have John Pearson join ...