Member of the Advisory Board for Retail Week Live @ Retail Week
Founder and CEO @ My Parcel Delivery
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David is a double Masters graduate from Cambridge University, where he studied law, economics and management studies. The founder and CEO of the MPD Group, a pioneering software company that creates the technology to enable fulfilment and deliveries for businesses and consumers around the world. The company’s brands include ‘Electio’, an exciting new delivery management platform and
David is a double Masters graduate from Cambridge University, where he studied law, economics and management studies. The founder and CEO of the MPD Group, a pioneering software company that creates the technology to enable fulfilment and deliveries for businesses and consumers around the world. The company’s brands include ‘Electio’, an exciting new delivery management platform and ‘My Parcel Delivery’, a multi-award winning parcel delivery comparison website.
David is certainly no stranger to success and is the winner of numerous accolades and awards. To name but a few, these include: Entrepreneur of the Year; Forbes’ Most Exciting UK business; Best Technology Company; and Online Business of the Year. David is highly ambitious, has infectious energy and has an unerring eye for a business opportunity. What’s more, he’s always 100% on the side of growing businesses and determined to be an enabler of success and profitability for customers.
A bit of a dab hand in the kitchen (especially, accompanied by a glass or two of the good stuff) David also enjoys keeping active on the ski slopes, in the gym or on the rugby pitch.
Founder and CEO @ MPD Group are the software pioneers who create the technology that enables fulfilment and deliveries for businesses and consumers around the world. Our brands include Electio, an exciting new delivery management platform that enables retailers to rapidly increase the delivery options they offer to their customers; and My Parcel Delivery, a multi-award winning parcel delivery comparison website.
Electio is designed to help retailers of all sizes meet the ever-increasing delivery expectations of the 21st Century shopper. It enables simple, rapid access to delivery services from the world’s leading carriers through one SaaS platform. Win-win ratecards, flexible price packages and integration that takes as little as 3 weeks make Electio the delivery management platform the industry has been crying out for.
Nobody makes it easier to send parcels than My Parcel Delivery. Customers can compare prices and book services from the world’s leading couriers, which are up to 75% cheaper than Royal Mail. We helped send over a million parcels to over 200 countries in the last year alone and achieved an ‘excellent rating’ from Trust Pilot whilst doing so. From January 2014 to Present (2 years) Manchester, United KingdomFounder and CEO @ Electio is designed to help retailers of all sizes meet the ever-increasing delivery expectations of the 21st Century shopper. It enables simple, rapid access to delivery services from the world’s leading carriers through one SaaS platform. Win-win ratecards, flexible price packages and integration that takes as little as 3 weeks make Electio the delivery management platform the industry has been crying out for. From January 2014 to Present (2 years) Manchester, United KingdomFounder and CEO @ Nobody makes it easier to send parcels than My Parcel Delivery. Customers can compare prices and book services from the world’s leading couriers, which are up to 75% cheaper than Royal Mail. We helped send over a million parcels to over 200 countries in the last year alone and achieved an ‘excellent rating’ from Trust Pilot whilst doing so From June 2010 to Present (5 years 7 months) Manchester, United Kingdom
MA, Law and Economics @ University of Cambridge From 2001 to 2006
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