Damien joined the BNP Paribas group in 1993 as an auditor in the Group Internal Audit team. In 1997, he became a junior Portfolio Manager, working on UK equities.
From 1999 through 2007, he managed European mid-cap stocks as well as UK and Swiss equities, and in 2007, he was named Head of the European Mid/Small Cap equity team.
Damien was educated at the Ecole des Mines, Nancy, France.