Who are Donaldson's decision-makers?
Donaldson's leadership team is centered on Richard Lewis, President and Chief Executive Officer, plus finance, operations, commercial, legal, and technology leaders who influence major vendor decisions.
- CEO
- Richard Lewis
- CFO / key exec
- Scott Robinson
- Founded
- 1915
- Employees
- Approximately 14,000
- HQ
- Bloomington, MN
- Status
- NYSE: DCI
- Richard LewisPresident and Chief Executive OfficerCEO effective March 2, 2026Succeeded Tod Carpenter after holding COO and business leadership roles.
- Tod CarpenterExecutive ChairmanExecutive chairman after March 2026 CEO transitionFormer CEO providing transition continuity.
- Scott RobinsonChief Financial OfficerCFOLeads finance, investor relations, and capital allocation.
- Amy BeckerChief Legal Officer and Corporate SecretaryLegal leaderOwns legal, compliance, governance, and risk.
Who leads Donaldson?
Richard Lewis serves as President and Chief Executive Officer. Succeeded Tod Carpenter after holding COO and business leadership roles. Tod Carpenter serves as Executive Chairman. Former CEO providing transition continuity. Scott Robinson serves as Chief Financial Officer. Leads finance, investor relations, and capital allocation. Amy Becker serves as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. Owns legal, compliance, governance, and risk.
Who actually makes buying decisions at Donaldson?
Enterprise buying usually involves the business owner, finance, procurement, legal, IT/security, and the operating team that owns adoption. For Donaldson, the most relevant executive sponsor depends on the use case: operations for productivity and safety, finance for planning and controls, commercial leaders for revenue or customer experience, and technology leaders for data, integration, and cybersecurity.
How is Donaldson organized as it scales?
Donaldson operates with corporate leadership and business, region, function, or segment operators close to customers and assets. Sellers should map headquarters stakeholders and field-level operators because many business cases require both executive sponsorship and local adoption.
As of June 2026.Sources:Donaldson annual reportsDonaldson 2025 Form 10-K
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