Drake Business Logistics Established

Date: 18 July 2013

Drake Business Logistics (DBL) and Swiss Post Solutions (SPS) establish partnership in Australia and New Zealand

Sydney, 18 July 2013 – Drake International, a leading provider of human resources solutions announced today the establishment of a new business unit in Australia, Drake Business Logistics (DBL), providing outsourced strategic business processes and comprehensive document management services. Swiss Post Solutions (SPS) has licensed Drake Business Logistics as its official partner for supplying services and technology solutions in Australia and New Zealand.

Drake Business Logistics is a new company formed as a joint venture between Drake International and Office IQ Limited, a New Zealand based business process outsourcing (BPO) company, to provide a comprehensive range of BPO services in Australia and New Zealand. Drake Business Logistics is headed up by CEO Grant Mackenzie and COO Scott Turner, who have a combined 35 years of experience in the business process outsourcing space.

The company will operate under a licensing agreement with Swiss Post Solutions (SPS), a subsidiary of Swiss Post, which will provide Drake Business Logistics with access to leading edge technology, systems and processes. Drake Business Logistics will be Swiss Post Solutions’ official partner for supplying services and technology solutions in Australasia.

Designed to replicate Swiss Post Solutions’ global business model to provide similar services in the Australia and New Zealand markets, this joint venture business has been formed in response to demand by several of Swiss Post Solutions’ global clients for a presence in the region.

Commenting on the new venture, Dimitri Getsios, General Manager Swiss Post Solutions Asia, said, “We are excited about our partnership with Drake Business Logistics, as it is in step with our strategy to proactively grow our service delivery in the Asia-Pacific market and serve our customers wherever they may do business.”

Drake Business Logistics CEO, Grant Mackenzie, commented, “Swiss Post Solutions is the ideal partner for Drake Business Logistics, as they have been named in the top 100 of global BPO solutions providers and offer technology solutions that are not only unparalleled in Australia and New Zealand, but also leading edge in a global sense. Drake Business Logistics, together with Swiss Post Solutions, add their considerable BPO experience to create a specialist outsourced service offering with local and regional experience yet with true global reach.”

Drake Business Logistics will operate from the Drake offices in Australia and New Zealand, with its head office in Sydney.

Swiss Post Solutions Asia is headquartered in Singapore and operates document processing centres in Vietnam.

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