Oliver Barthel Chief Digital Officer

Aramex International

Barthel joined Aramex as Chief Digital Officer in May 2017. Through

this newly created role on Aramex’s Leadership Team, he will be

responsible for driving the company’s digital transformation plans

to become a technology-based enterprise. With over 25 years of

international experience in various roles in Information

Technology (IT), Logistics, Retail and Transportation, he brings

to his current role a wealth of knowledge in Information Technology

and Business Transformation.

Barthel joined Aramex from DB Cargo, a European logistics service

provider and rail freight operator, where he held the position of

Chief Information Officer (CIO) for seven years. Prior to this, he

spent four years as the Head of IT Governance and direct report to

the CIO at DB Schenker, a logistics service provider.

Barthel has also held a number of other senior roles across Europe.

This includes Principal Consumer Products, Retail, Distribution

and Transportation at Capgemini, Senior Project Manager in the

area of Efficient Consumer Response and Retail at Roland Berger &

Partner, and VP of Central & Eastern Europe at Intactix

International (today part of JDA Software) a provider of category

and floor & shelf space management solutions for retailers.

In the early 2000s, he was the Founder and CIO of an e-commerce

startup in Munich, financed by venture capital firms and one of

the top retailers in Europe. Barthel also has extensive experience

from his apprenticeship at Siemens and a diverse range of part-

time jobs and internships such as HP and AEG.

Barthel holds a degree in Applied Computer Science from the

University of Bamberg, where he studied Management & Controlling,

Development of Business Information Systems, and Logistics &

Logistical Computer Science.