Who are AGCO's decision-makers?
AGCO's leadership team is anchored by Eric Hansotia, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. For sales planning, the relevant decision makers usually include finance, operations, technology, procurement, segment leaders, legal, and regional leaders.
- CEO
- Eric Hansotia
- CFO/key exec
- Damon Audia
- Founded
- 1990
- Employees
- About 24,000
- HQ
- Duluth, GA
- Status
- Public: NYSE AGCO
- Eric HansotiaChairman, President and Chief Executive OfficerCEO since 2021Leads AGCO's farmer-first and precision-agriculture strategy.
- Damon AudiaSenior Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerCFO since 2022Owns finance, reporting, and capital allocation.
- Seth CrawfordSenior Vice President and General Manager, PTxPrecision-ag leaderLeads AGCO's precision agriculture portfolio.
- Roger BatkinSenior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate SecretaryLegal leaderLeads legal, governance, and compliance.
Who leads AGCO?
AGCO's leadership combines public-company governance with operating leaders who own products, regions, manufacturing or branch execution, technology, and customer programs. The CEO sets strategic priorities, while the CFO controls capital-allocation discipline and the operating leaders decide whether a vendor can be deployed without disrupting customers or production.
Who actually makes buying decisions at AGCO?
Material purchases usually require a committee: the business sponsor owns the problem, finance validates ROI, procurement controls commercial terms, IT and security review software or data access, legal reviews risk, and operations or engineering confirms rollout feasibility. Strategic suppliers may also need regional, plant, branch, dealer, or customer-program approval.
How is AGCO organized as it scales?
AGCO operates through business units, regions, brands, plants, branches, dealers, or customer programs depending on the segment. That means sellers should not stop at corporate headquarters; the practical buyer often sits in a segment P&L, operations team, procurement function, digital group, or regional field organization.
As of June 2026.Sources:AGCO annual report 2025AGCO investor relations
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