William A. Henderson is Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Purolator.

Since joining Purolator in 1990 as Regional Area Manager for London/Sarnia, Mr. Henderson has held increasingly senior positions including Managing Director, Operations Central Ontario; Vice President, Operations and National Shipping Centres; Vice President, Transportation, Security and Regulatory Affairs; and Vice President, Field Sales and Operations.

Mr. Henderson leads the Operations team across Canada, which consists of 9,400 employees within the courier, ground transportation, sortation plants, and cargo airline network. This includes 3,152 courier vans, 831 tractor-trailers, 42 garage facilities, as well as two DC-10s, 12 Boeing 727s and five turbo-prop aircrafts.

Purolator’s purpose is to be the leading provider of integrated distribution solutions to, from and within Canada and Mr. Henderson’s leadership style inspires and encourages Purolator’s purpose as well as its philosophy to continually improve business performance. This is achieved by promoting employee pride and engaging frontline employees to participate in the decision making process.

For the past 15 years, Mr. Henderson has been a member of Purolator’s executive team and he is currently a member of the Executive Management Council, and the corporate Health and Safety Committee.

Mr. Henderson is a Director of the Canadian Courier Logistics Association, a patron member of the Canadian-American Border Trade Alliance and a member of the Board of Governors for Waterstone Human Capital, Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures.