Damien Perillat

Damien Perillat is the Senior Director and General Manager Southern Europe of PayPal since 2017. Damien has joined PayPal in 2018 and has lived in Luxembourg, Russia, Poland and France where he has been responsible for PayPal’s financial products offering in southern Europe, and PayPal’s market development in Russia.

 With his very international vision and sharing PayPal’s mission, Damien Perillat is committed to democratizing financial services.  “We want to reimagine money,” he explains, “The world is changing, the way money is spent is constantly changing, as is the way it is earned. Things are much less “frozen” than before.”

41 years old, Damien holds a MSc in management from ESC Toulouse Business School, as well as MBA from IESE Business School, Spain. Previously, Dalien has worked at Eurogroup Consulting and GE Capital.

He’s currently member of the Board of Directors of American Chamber of Commerce in France.

At PayPal, we believe that now is the time to reimagine money, to democratize financial services, so that managing and moving money is a right for all citizens, not just the affluent. We believe every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. We have an obligation to empower people to exercise this right and improve financial health. As a leader in Financial Technology, we believe in providing simple, affordable, secure and reliable financial services and digital payments that enable the hopes, dreams and ambitions of millions of people around the world. It is our duty and privilege to be Customer Champions.