New Business Management in the UK and Scandinavia

The previous sole owner and company founder of DPS, Paul Palmer (65), has sold 100% of the company to the PTV Group. With his expertise, he will serve the company in a new advising role.

New business management in the UK

Constantin Lutz (40) and James De Roo (48) were named new Managing Directors of DPS Ltd. in October 2016 and will be responsible for business in the UK in the future.

Constantin Lutz has held leading roles at the PTV Group for many years at its German headquarters in Karlsruhe. As Vice President Sales & Marketing Logistics Software, he is also responsible for the corporate group’s global logistics business. “Together with the product portfolio of DPS, we have an appropriate solution for every logistics manager and scheduler: from classic route planning and transport cost calculation to smart route planning in the cloud, on through to comprehensive transport optimisation tasks,” explains Lutz.

The American James De Roo arrived at PTV in 2010 with extensive sales and marketing experience; his task was to establish and expand sales of the company's software products, especially in the UK. In his new position as Managing Director, he will support business from the new company headquarters in Halesowen, near Birmingham. Roo: “I look forward to driving business development ahead with the new colleagues on-site.”

New business management in Scandinavia

DPS also brings the PTV Group a branch office in Gothenburg, Sweden. From there, all of PTV's business in Scandinavia should be expanded further in the future. Dyon van Gaans (53) has taken over this responsibility; he has been already successful in the logistics industry for many years as the Managing Director of PTV Benelux. Van Gaans explains: “Scandinavia is a very interesting market, which, due to its vast extent, conceals a lot of challenges when it comes to saving costs. Here, with our tools, we can provide transport logistics companies with some real help.”