Damien Giraud is a senior vice president of Caterpillar Inc., responsible for EAME Distribution, providing governance and administration of Cat® dealers across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Eurasia.
Giraud joined Caterpillar in 1998, following a seven-year career with Colas Group, a French civil engineering and construction firm. During his 28 years with Caterpillar, he held multiple marketing and product management roles. In 2017, the Caterpillar board of directors appointed Giraud as senior vice president of Global Construction & Infrastructure. In 2019, Giraud became the Global Aftermarket Services Division senior vice president, which supported the aftermarket for Cat® customers in Resource Industries, Energy & Transportation, and Construction Industries through sales and marketing. In 2020, Construction Industries Services Division was formed under Giraud’s leadership to accelerate services growth in the Construction Industries segment, the largest area of opportunity for reaching our enterprise services growth goals.
Giraud has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Ecole Des Mines, Saint Etienne, France, and a master’s degree from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland. A native of France who speaks four languages, he has worked in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America and is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland.
