Born in Hamburg in 1970, Boris Winkelmann developed strong ties to France, having spent almost all of his educational years in Toulouse. After studying at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Bordeaux, he completed his education with a Master's degree in Finance at the Universidad Pontifica Cornillas in Madrid. His personal and professional background are both international and multicultural. Son of a Spanish mother and a German father, he was fluent in French, Spanish, English and German.
From 1994, he acquired a very solid experience in the parcel and express delivery market. After starting his career in management positions at TNT Express, he joined GeoPost in 1999 to coordinate the acquisition of a majority stake in DPD Germany. He was then particularly involved in the international development of the Group.
Boris Winkelmann spent the next ten years working on an entrepreneurial project. He co-founded and managed online shipping service LetMeShip, market information and research service CEP-Research, and ITA consulting, a merger and acquisition consultancy.
Boris Winkelmann joined DPD Germany in 2013 as COO and then became CEO in 2014. In 2020, he was appointed Executive Vice President of Le Groupe La Poste, member of Le Groupe La Poste’s executive board, and Chairman and CEO of GeoPost/DPDgroup.