Paula Vennells

thumb|Paula_Vennells_in_the_United_Kingdom,_2016_(cropped) Paula Vennells (born 21 February 1959) is a British former businesswoman who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Post Office Limited from 2012 to 2019. She is also an ordained Anglican priest who ceased her clerical duties in 2021. Quotes "It is now 18 months since the Post Office began operating independently of Royal Mail." "The Post Office is going through a period of great change and innovation. We are resolute in our determination to build a flourishing modern business but one that remains the bedrock of communities across the country." "There’s no point the Government subsidising the Post Office just to be an anchor in the community, we have to provide services so that everybody uses us too." "Despite the expansion of online shopping, until recently some post offices were still opening from 9am to 5pm, closed half-day Wednesday, closed half-day Saturday, closed all day Sunday. And if you don’t offer the hours customers need, they take their business elsewhere." "Already … we’ve seen a big improvement across the divisions,” she says, adding: “It’s about bringing the Post Office back into the modern world so it can be relevant for people now as it was 30 years ago." Paula Vennells talks about her childhood and working as head of the Post Office "People care desperately for the Post Office. Very often it’s the subpostmaster or mistress that notices that an elderly customer hasn’t turned up recently and finds out what’s happened to them.” Paula Vennells emphasizing on the close-knit relationship subpostmaster or mistress have with their local customers and communities. May 19, 2024 "I was given much information and, as the Inquiry has heard, there was information that I wasn’t given and others didn’t receive, as well. One of my reflections on all of this is that I was too trusting. I did probe and I did ask questions and I’m disappointed where information wasn’t shared." Paula's address at the post office inquiry revealing that she has been "too trusting" and disappointed by withheld information. May 22, 2024 External links Category:Living people Category:1959 births Category:Businesswomen from England Category:Women born in the 1950s