UPS has appointed Ufku Akaltan as the president for its business in the UK, Ireland, Nordics and India. In this role, Ufku Akaltan leads the operations and growth strategies across the expanded district, deploying the company’s global smart logistics network to strengthen the UK to India trade lane.
Ufku began his career at UPS in 2002 as an intern. He worked his way up within the Europe region where he held multiple roles of increasing responsibility, including country manager for UPS Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, president for UPS East Europe, and most recently president of growth and emerging markets, Indian Subcontinent, Middle East, and Africa.
Ufku holds an MBA from Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management and the University of Texas at Austin, as well as a Management Engineering Degree from Istanbul Technical University. Ufku has also completed further education programmes at Harvard Business School and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
