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Caspar Herzberg

Chief Executive Officer

Caspar Herzberg has been Chief Executive Officer of AVEVA since March 2023 and is a member of the Schneider Electric Executive Committee. Before becoming CEO, he served as AVEVA’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Revenue Officer. He previously led Schneider Electric's business in more than 80 countries as President, Middle East & Africa, and has spent more than 25 years in the technology industry, including senior leadership positions at Cisco and Accenture.

Brian DiBenedetto

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer, Brian DiBenedetto provides financial leadership for AVEVA. In addition to finance, his current role includes responsibility for AVEVA’s IT function, including cybersecurity. As a corporate controller, divisional CFO, and senior vice president of finance operations for Invensys, one of the foundational companies that accelerated AVEVA’s growth, Brian helped shape AVEVA’s financial future. Previously, he served as senior vice president of finance for both the industrial automation and energy management businesses at Schneider Electric.

Rob McGreevy

Chief Product Officer

As Chief Product Officer, Rob McGreevy leads the product management and business unit teams to drive innovative software solutions across the business, Rob has over 25 years of experience working in the industrial software business with a focus on manufacturing and infrastructure, serving end-markets such as power, water, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and energy. With an extensive background in product and business management, M&A, sales, and marketing, he is named in over 28 software and technology patents.

Arti Garg

Chief Technologist

Arti Garg is the Chief Technologist at AVEVA. She joined in 2024 and leads the strategic exploration and application of emerging technologies, including generative AI, to ensure AVEVA remains at the forefront of innovation. Arti has deep technical expertise and cross-sector experience, having worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Rackspace, NRCongress, the U.S. Congress, and the White House Budget Office. She currently chairs the IEEE’s Environmental Impact of AI Standards working group.

Iju Raj

Executive Vice President of Research and Development

As the Executive Vice President of Research and Development at AVEVA, Iju Raj leads the technology and execution of product development at AVEVA. He brings over 25 years of experience in building world-class industrial automation products and creating highly innovative solutions. Iju has held multiple leadership roles across the AVEVA product portfolio and was instrumental in shaping the company's Cloud Platform. Prior to joining AVEVA in 2010, Iju served as the head of Research and Development for Skelta.

Rashesh Mody

Executive Vice President of Business Strategy and Realization

Rashesh Mody is the Executive Vice President of Business Strategy and Realization at AVEVA, responsible for leading the development and execution of strategies that promote the growth and profitability of the company. His experience in product and business management has been instrumental in leading AVEVA's Operations business, which includes Operations controls (HMI/SCADA), Operations Information, Operations Execution, and the advanced solutions portfolio. Rashesh's journey with AVEVA began in 1992 in Wonderware.

Kim Custeau

Executive Vice President of Portfolio

Kim Custeau is AVEVA's Executive Vice President of Portfolio. Core to Kim's role is our industrial intelligence platform, CONNECT, which enables more than 20,000 customers daily to visualize their information, enrich their insights with industrial AI and drive sustainable performance. An expert in diverse industry sectors and with experience in operating worldwide, Kim joined AVEVA in 1985 and brings deep expertise in product development, product marketing, mergers, acquisitions and building world-class software teams.

Sue Quense

Chief Commercial Officer

As Chief Commercial Officer, Sue leads the commercial organization, which includes the Global Sales and Customer Success teams. Her focus is growing our business through acquiring new customers, helping current customers use more of our portfolio, and assisting with the adoption of our Software-as-a-Service offerings. She brings over 35 years' experience in the industrial technology space, with extensive knowledge of our customers’ challenges. Sue started her career at Bailey Controls (now ABB).

Marco Mueller

Chief Marketing Officer

Marco Mueller is AVEVA’s Chief Marketing Officer, having joined in 2022. Marco is an expert in building highly motivated teams within a globally matrixed environment. He champions innovation and transformation, creating integrated channels to support cross-functional marketing programs that maximize customer focus and impact. Prior to AVEVA, Marco held senior roles in Service Now, SAP SE, and Accenture, working in the Americas, EMEA, APJ and China.

Joanne Cheigh

Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer

Joanne is the Chief of Staff to the CEO, as well as the Head of Corporate Strategy, responsible for AVEVA’s performance intelligence, operating cadence, long-range planning and special projects. She joined AVEVA in 2022, initially leading Sales Transformation globally. Prior to AVEVA, Joanne spent her career as a digital tech strategist and consultant at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco Systems and Razorfish.

Peter Coveney

General Counsel and Company Secretary of the AVEVA Group

Peter Coveney is the General Counsel of the AVEVA Group, responsible for leading the company’s global legal, compliance and governance functions and is a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Peter joined AVEVA in June 2022 and has over 20 years’ experience of in-house legal leadership with international experience of markets in Europe, North and South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Peter initially started his career at Freshfields law firm in London and Singapore.

Caoimhe Keogan

Chief People Officer

Caoimhe Keogan is AVEVA’s Chief People Officer, responsible for AVEVA’s overall employee experience, global human resources, real estate - including workplace experience and employee communications teams, along with Action for Good, AVEVA’s Group-wide Corporate Social Responsibility initiative. Prior to AVEVA, Caoimhe held roles at Moneysupermarket Group PLC, SoundCloud and at Google in senior HR roles, across both the Sales and Technology divisions. Caoimhe began her career as a management consultant within Deloitte and KPMG.