As Chief Growth Officer, I focus on expansion, helping to grow the business into new markets. So far, I’ve opened the offices in Spain, Poland and have been supporting the Riga office growth in Latvia. Now that we've established these offices, I will be looking for new markets and leave the global teams to scale up the existing ones. I will of course, be on hand to support, sharing my insight into sustainably scaling a business.

My title is Head of Green Revenue and I think that these two words really show what this concept means - green means doing something good: reducing emissions. The second part “revenue” means business. At sennder, we provide real business solutions to our clients. Our clients want to reduce their emissions from transport and that is exactly what we're providing.

Nearly every parcel delivered in Europe will have seen the Netherlands on its way. The physical presence here will support sennder’s ambitious continuous growth plans and talent attraction initiatives. Thomas Christenson of Uber Freight Europe is bringing his expertise, best practices, and years of experience in the tech and freight sectors to his new role as sennder’s Chief Operating Officer.

Since the beginning of March 2020, in line with the global COVID-19 outbreak, the obligation for German companies to file for insolvency has been suspended until the end of September. Many small and medium-sized transport companies often operate with long payment terms and with the risk of customer defaults, so cutting payment times and providing reliable payouts is an attractive proposition.

Having joined sennder 6 months ago, Dirk started his role as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) during a very different time. Since joining, it has been an eventful few months. Covid-19 has become the ‘new normal’, sweeping across the globe and shutting down Europe - amongst other continents - for almost four months.

At sennder, our culture is shaped by principles that have been part of our founding mindset enabling us to distinguish ourselves from others: deep customer orientation, data-driven solutions, entrepreneurial thinking, team spirit and a constant strive to learn and push forward. Five years later, our ever-growing team still lives and breathes these values, which have also played a crucial role in what we like to call sennder spirit.

Over the last five years, sennder has grown from being a mere idea that emerged from a university project, into a leading logistics company. Over the last five years, sennder has seen major milestones that led to international growth and the disruption of one of the oldest industries in the world.

Based out of Berlin, sennder has built a team of over 400 employees with offices across six European countries and major logistic hubs including Spain, Poland, Germany, France, Italy, and Latvia. So far, 2020 has seen us become the #1 European freight forwarding company. This is a result of sennder’s great team and unique spirit and values, which the company lives by.

When I launched sennder just outside of Paris in 2015, the idea of transforming an MBA university project into a leading logistics startup was still a big dream.Today, sennder is the largest digital road freight forwarder in Europe, connecting large shippers such as Siemens with family owned trucking companies with 5 to 50 trucks.

At sennder we work every day to fast forward road logistics into digitalization. We can only achieve this with a strong team that is bound by the same foundation and principles. A team where all employees give their best and are proud to be part of our journey.

We are very proud to announce that we officially opened our offices in Riga, Latvia!

Has there been a moment in recent weeks when you felt that something in the supermarkets was missing? sennder didn’t stop pushing forward food and beverages during the COVID-19 outbreak and all this thanks to our truck drivers who keep things moving - day over day.