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UK head of DPD, Dwain McDonald, sacked after 'internal investigation'

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UK head of DPD, Dwain McDonald, sacked after 'internal investigation'

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... estigation

Dwain McDonald, the chief executive of parcel delivery company DPD, has been sacked from his £1m-a-year job with “immediate effect” after an unspecified “internal investigation”.

The company has declined to explain why McDonald had been asked to leave the firm, or provide any details of the nature of the investigation.

A spokesman for DPD, which oversees a network of more than 5,000 professional drivers who deliver for John Lewis, Marks & Spencer and Amazon, did not reply to questions about why McDonald had been asked to leave or whether he would continue to be paid by the company.

McDonald, 54, had worked for DPD for 33 years having joined its predecessor as a 22-year-old salesman in 1988. He had served as chief executive since 2008. He was paid just over £1m in 2019, according to accounts filed at Companies House.

Yves Delmas, DPD’s chief operating officer for Europe, emailed staff on Monday to inform them: “Following an internal investigation, Dwain McDonald has today left the business with immediate effect.”

Delmas said he would take over as interim UK chief executive. He did not explain why McDonald had been asked to leave the company. An email sent to McDonald’s DPD email address has not received a response.

In 2018, McDonald admitted breaking the law by taking photographs on his mobile phone while driving on a motorway. He had boasted that he used his phone to take a picture of a DPD van while driving on the M62 between Manchester and Leeds. McDonald admitted to the crime while giving a slide presentation, which was captured on video and posted to YouTube in 2016.

DPD made headlines in 2018 when one of its couriers died of diabetes after missing appointments with specialists because he felt under pressure to cover his round and faced £150 daily penalties from the firm if he did not find cover.

Don Lane had collapsed twice, including once into a diabetic coma while at the wheel of his DPD van during deliveries, when the company fined him in July 2017 after he went to see a specialist about eye damage caused by diabetes. He collapsed again in September, and again in December 2017, having worked through illness during the Christmas rush. He died at the Royal Bournemouth hospital on 4 January 2018, leaving behind a widow, Ruth, and a 22-year-old son. He had worked for DPD for 19 years.
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Re: UK head of DPD, Dwain McDonald, sacked after 'internal investigation'

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Oh Dear ... Too Bad .... Never Mind! :Boo hoo!

I feel more sympathy for that poor driver. What a situation to find yourself in. Can't afford to be sick. I'm sure a few of our colleagues feel the same sometimes. :cuppa
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Dorset Plodder wrote:
30 Mar 2021, 18:26
Oh Dear ... Too Bad .... Never Mind! :Boo hoo!

I feel more sympathy for that poor driver. What a situation to find yourself in. Can't afford to be sick. I'm sure a few of our colleagues feel the same sometimes. :cuppa
They're not releasing any details of why they sacked him which is at best dubious, It must be serious because usually what happens in these circumstances is a quiet word and then parting by mutual consent and a golden goodbye.

I suspect either he's not accepting the result of the investigation and intends to fight it or it's so bad that the company couldn't just make it go away quietly.
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Re: UK head of DPD, Dwain McDonald, sacked after 'internal investigation'

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Heaven Forbid he was Fudging the Figures and making the Business look much more efficient that it really was? :whistle

That sort of thing could never happen in our Business. :cuppa
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never say never
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:hmmmm We are nearly a year on from Dwain McDonald sacking at DPD... Does anyone know why yet?
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