Alberto Llames Romero appointed as UK Logistics Director

Xpediator is pleased to announce the appointment of Alberto Llames Romero as UK Logistics Director, responsible for Delamode International Logistics Ltd (Delamode), a subsidiary of Xpediator’s UK warehousing and logistics division.

Alberto has over 10 years of experience in strategic logistics and transport operations, heading both managerial and directorial positions.

Most recently Alberto was Head of Operations at Boohoo Group PLC, a leading online fashion retail group with 20 million active customers across all its brands around the world. During his time as Head of Operations, Alberto worked in fashion eCommerce and eFulfilment, managing all premium brands within the group with 4M units stockholding across 165,000 SKUs, and project leading the opening of a 650k sqft eCommerce Fashion facility.

Alberto has also fulfilled multiple senior positions in retail logistics, having project led the opening of 3 distribution centres in 4 years and opening one of the largest warehouse facilities in the UK and EU, a £120m+ project. He was General Manager (Head of Logistics) from March 2019 – October 2020 at B&M Retail where he directed the project management of a 1M+ sqft state of the art retail distribution centre, which generated sufficient warehouse space and manpower capacities to close a legacy site in the North, saving millions of pounds annually. He previously acted as Executive Contract Logistics Director for Allport Cargo Services, and also worked as General Manager of DHL Supply Chain.

Mike Stone, Interim CEO at Xpediator, said:

“Alberto has significant experience leading strategic logistics and transport operations and I am delighted to welcome him to Delamode and the wider team at Xpediator. His experience in globally renowned brands over the past 10 years makes him a key asset to logistic operations at Xpediator. I look forward to working with Alberto as we progress the development of our UK logistics operations and capabilities.”

Alberto Llames Romero, UK Logistics Director at Delamode, commented:

“I am delighted to have joined Delamode and the wider Xpediator group. Xpediator is a fast-growing business and I am excited to share my insights and experience from previous roles, and to start working with the team to maximise the potential of the division.”