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Sir Terry Leahy invests in MetaPack

Sir Terry Leahy, former Chief Executive of Tesco, has returned to retail and invested £2 million to become a ten percent shareholder in the e-Commerce delivery management specialists MetaPack. His involvement forms part of a new investment alongside the William Currie Group and Artemis. Sir Terry will provide advice to CEO and co-founder Patrick Wall and COO Karl Wills.
MetaPack has grown three-fold since 2007 on the back of a major investment in on-demand technologies. This investment is set to help the company develop further, broadening services already offered to UK retailers and accelerating international development.
MetaPack, founded in 1999, manages eCommerce and multi-channel delivery systems. It works with all UK parcel carriers to help improve the delivery experience and has effectively established itself as retailers’ standard operating platform for managing delivery, including many of the country’s leaders such as John Lewis, M&S and Asos. It is making a critical contribution to selling UK products overseas via the internet.
Sir Terry comments, “For ten years MetaPack has been innovating and leading the field to help improve delivery and customer services in the important growth area of eCommerce. It will extend its services to retailers by providing industry based information on eCommerce trends, delivery standards and even fraud analysis. The company has a great future ahead of it and one day I would like to see it as a leading global player”.
Patrick Wall added “We’re now the preferred e-Commerce delivery management player in the UK retail sector. This new investment, and Sir Terry’s arrival, will give us resources and expertise to capitalise further on our market leadership in Europe and beyond.”