Elaine Kerr has worked for the parcel delivery firm for nearly three decades, joining as a sales executive based in the North-West and working her way up to the DPD UK senior management team in 2008 as Director of Sales CRM. She was appointed UK chief executive in June 2021. Elaine has been instrumental in growing DPD’s impressive customer base to include many of the most prestigious brands in the UK, with the company now delivering around 400 million packages a year. Under her leadership DPD is focused on continuously improving the customer experience, utilising cutting edge technology and the latest innovations whilst also aiming to be the UK’s most sustainable delivery company. The DPD team now numbers more than 20,000 people across 89 locations throughout the UK.