Leadership team

Paul Ibbetson

Chief Executive Officer

Paul Ibbetson has over 30 years' experience in the transportation industry.

He joined DX Freight in November 2017 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 31 January 2023. Before joining DX, he was Operations Director of Tuffnells Parcel Express and has also held senior operational and commercial roles at both Target Express and Business Post.

David Mulligan

Chief Financial Officer 

David has over 25 years of experience in senior financial positions in a number of listed companies, and joined DX in April 2018. Prior to joining DX, David was CFO at Hornby plc, where he was involved in delivering the restructuring and turnaround of the business. A major part of his career was at Morgan Sindall Group plc, the construction and regeneration group, which he joined in 1997. He became CFO in 2004, a position he held until his departure in 2013. David qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young in 1995.

Graham Hollingdrake

Managing Director - DX Freight 

Graham Hollingdrake has over 40 years experience in the parcels industry, where he held various senior management positions.

Graham joined DX Freight in November 2021 and was appointed Managing Director of the DX Freight in February 2023.

Ian Bland

Managing Director - DX Freight Logistics

Ian Bland has 35 years of parcels and logistics experience.

Ian joined DX in February 2024, as the Managing Director of DX Freight Logistics. Prior to joining DX, Ian was the Operations Director at Tuffnells Parcels Express.

Martin Illidge

Managing Director – DX Express

With over 30 years’ experience in the Express parcel industry, Martin started his career at Target Express in 1990 subsequently gaining extensive experience in senior management roles across the UK. Following the sale of Target Express to Rentokil Initial Plc in 2006, he spent time in regional leadership roles within City Link before joining DX in January 2011.

Martin joined the DX team as Regional Director and during his 10 years with the business spent two years in the role of Operations Director for DX Express where he was responsible for the delivery of business strategy, objectives and performance. In April 2018 Martin became the Managing Director of DX Express.

Michael Sherry

IT Director

Michael Sherry leads IT for the group, with overall responsibility for IT Services, Solutions Development, BI and Information Security.

His IT career spans 31 years, working in all key IT disciplines, he has worked in the Freight and Parcels sector since the age of 19.

Mike began his DX journey as Director of IT for DX Freight in 2012 before joining the Operating Board as IT Director in November 2017 with a focus on strategic development of our systems delivered through agile principles, to maintain pace in the fast moving sector.

Mike and the team are currently working on a full pipeline of product and capability enhancements, as well as innovations across all aspects of the DX Group.

Lloyd Dunn Junior

Group Sales Director 

Lloyd Dunn (Jnr) has over 17 years' experience in the Freight & Parcel sector. Prior to joining DX in April 2016, Lloyd Jnr held various management positions at Tuffnells Parcels Express.

Arriving at DX as Regional Sales Director, Lloyd went on to become Commercial Director in December 2017, Sales Director for the Freight Division in September 2019, prior to his appointment as Group Sales Director in January 2022.

James Chuter

Sales Director – DX Freight 1-Man

James Chuter has over 15 years’ experience in the Parcels and Freight sector. Prior to joining DX in 2015, James held various sales roles at TNT.

Joining DX as a Depot Sales Manager within DX Freight, James was promoted to Regional Sales Manager in January 2018, before his current appointment as DX Freight Sales Director in July 2022.

Elaine Phillips

Sales Director – DX Freight Logistics/2-Man

Elaine Phillips has over 20 years of sales experience with 16 of those years within the parcels industry.

Elaine joined DX Freight 1-Man in 2016 as a Regional Sales Manager. She was appointed Sales Director of the DX Freight Logistics/2-Man division in November 2022.

Tony Kells

Sales Director – DX Express

Tony has over 25 years’ experience in the parcel industry. He spent 16 years at DHL Express in senior commercial and general management roles, successfully leading a number of national and regional sales teams. Tony was also responsible for the commercial launch of DHL@Home.

Tony has also held roles as Business Development Director at City Link and Sales and Marketing Director at Inpost.

He joined DX in September 2019 as Sales Director for Express. Based at our Nuneaton hub, Tony is responsible for account management, sales strategy and new business.

Kevin Galligan

Director of Document Exchange UK and DX Ireland

Having worked in television and media for 10 years, Kevin left Windmill Lane to join DX. Since 2001 Kevin has led the team at DX Ireland and during this period there has been strong EBITDA and revenue growth. In 2018, Kevin was appointed Director of Document Exchange UK with P&L responsibility for the DX Exchange business in the UK, while continuing to lead the executive team in Ireland. His time is split between the two businesses with strong management teams in both Ireland and the UK.

Kevin has a primary degree in Marketing and an MBS in International Marketing. More recently, Kevin undertook an Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School.

Patrick Clancy

General Manager

With over 30 years’ experience in logistics and retail, Pat joined DX in April 2021 as AM Shift Manager before progressing to General Manager. Previously, Pat was part of the senior management team at the Moriarty Group and was responsible for managing several SuperValu stores. More recently, Pat was Operations Manager at Kilbride Classic Cuisine.

Philip Honer

Financial Controller

Philip joined DX in April 2008 as Financial Controller and is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants having qualified in 1991. Prior to joining DX, Philip was Financial Director with PI Pneumatics Ltd. Philip worked with PI Pneumatics for 20 years having started as an accounting technician and he was part of the Senior Management Team for over 15 years.