John Pearson has been appointed as CEO for DHL Express and as such was appointed to the Board of Management of Deutsche Post AG on January 1, 2019, responsible for the Express division. Before starting his current role, John held the position of CEO DHL Express Europe, Head of Global Marketing Express, as well as Head of Global Customer Service Express. In this capacity, he was a member of the DHL Express Global Management Board and the Global Commercial Board of Deutsche Post DHL Group, representing Express.

John is a veteran of the express industry, having joined DHL in the Middle East in 1986. In 2009, he was appointed CEO DHL Express APEM (Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa) after contributing to the region from 2008 as CEO EEMEA. Prior to this, John spent three years serving as Commercial Director for DHL Express Asia Pacific, based in Singapore, a posting which followed a successful tenure as Executive Vice President Commercial at DHL Express USA. He has held senior positions in sales, marketing and general management in various regions, including General Manager for DHL Express Saudi Arabia and Global Sales Manager for Financial Institutions at DHL’s global headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. He was Area Director of DHL Express Oceania, responsible for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands; and General Manager DHL Express United Arab Emirates, based in Dubai.