Steve Thompsett

Based in Singapore, Steve Thompsett is the Chief Customer Officer for DHL Supply Chain Asia Pacific. Steve has been with DHL for 25 years and has held a number of key leadership positions spanning more than 20 markets in four regions. Steve currently leads a team of more than 150 individuals across the Asia Pacific region, and works with the team to drive the DHL Customer Centricity agenda. Steve describes himself as a results driven leader who values a balanced approach to the workplace with a strong focus on trust. His vast experience in the supply chain industry entails relationships with a number of key customers, building partnerships and deriving value for all stakeholders. Steve first joined the DHL family through National Freight Consortium (later to become Exel) back in 1992. He lived in the UK for ten years before moving to Hong Kong in 2001 where he was part of the project team that led the acquisition of Exel Consolidated Services (later known as International Supply Chain) in 2003 and operated within the freight division of DHL for three years. After six years in Hong Kong, Steve moved to Australia in 2008 and took on a business development role, helping the business to triple in size by 2016.