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PostNL’s CEO to step down in April 2025

Published by Uma Rajagopal

Posted on November 4, 2024

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· Last updated: January 29, 2026

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(Reuters) – PostNL said on Monday that CEO Herna Verhagen had decided to step down after the Dutch postal operator’s annual general meeting on April 15, 2025. She will be replaced by current Chief Financial Officer Pim Berendsen. PostNL also lowered its normalised operating profit guidance for 2024, and now sees it at around 80 […]

(Reuters) – PostNL said on Monday that CEO Herna Verhagen had decided to step down after the Dutch postal operator’s annual general meeting on April 15, 2025.

She will be replaced by current Chief Financial Officer Pim Berendsen.

PostNL also lowered its normalised operating profit guidance for 2024, and now sees it at around 80 million euros ($87.2 million), at the low end of its previous guidance of 80-110 million euros.

($1 = 0.9175 euros)

(Reporting by Olivier Cherfan in Gdansk; editing by Milla Nissi)

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