Title
Chairman of CAPEC Board and President, UPS Asia Pacific Region Company
Bio
Derek Woodward is the current Chairman of the
Board of the Conference of Asia Pacific Express Carriers (CAPEC). CAPEC represents the interests of the express
delivery services industry in the Asia Pacific and engages governments, regulatory authoritiesand other stakeholders based on genuine dialogue,
relevance and authenticity leading to credibility and trust, to positively
shape the public policy debate and outcome.Our core objectives are: (1) to develop a
conducive business and regulatory environment for the express delivery services
industry; and (2) to facilitate trade expansion and economic growth in the
region.
As
President of UPS Asia Pacific, Derek Woodward is responsible for all UPS package
and supply chain operations in more than 40 countries and territories,
including UPS owned operations, joint ventures and agent relationships
throughout the region.
Derek
began his UPS career in 1985 in Canada. Since 1995, he has successfully assumed the
responsibility of Vice President of Business Development in Canada and then Europe.
He continued to take on roles of increasing responsibility and in 2002 held the
position of Vice President of Corporate International Marketing which included
marketing responsibility for all UPS businesses worldwide. In 2005 Derek
assumed the position of Vice President of Corporate Business Development for UPS
in the United States before
he was relocated to Asia.
In
2007, Derek was appointed Senior Vice President of Staff Services for UPS Asia
Pacific Region responsible for the Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Finance &
Accounting, and Human Resources functions of the company’s operations in Asia. Derek also played an integral role in streamlining
UPS express package, logistics, warehousing, freight forwarding, and brokerage
and airline operations in the Asia Pacific Region.
A
native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Derek is a graduate of the University
of Phoenix U.S.A. and completed the Advanced Management Program at INSEAD
France.