A 640-person cold-chain haulier with three depots, 410 vehicles and one person on call.
Daniel Okafor · Temperature-controlled logistics · Northampton · 640 staff · since June 2024
Daniel was managing director and acting operations director. 41 depot escalations a week reached him, many of them at night, and on-time delivery stood at 91%.
Daniel's week
62 hours
- Depot escalations18
- Customers10
- Operations meetings12
- Finance and investors6
- Leading the team3
- Strategy4
- Admin9
The chief operating officer with the three depot managers, who now run their own numbers.
Jun 2024
Night calls, counted
41 a week came to Daniel, many of them after midnight.
Aug 2024
A chief operating officer
One person accountable for all three depots.
Nov 2024
Depots run their own numbers
Each depot manager owns a weekly scorecard.
Jun 2025
Growth investment agreed
A £20m minority investment to fund a fourth depot.
Twelve months in, from the management accounts.
Revenue
£72m£88m
On-time deliveries
91%98.4%
Night calls to Daniel
413 a week
The investors didn't back me. They backed the team I'd finally built, and they told me so.
Daniel OkaforFounder and managing director, Coldstream Freight