Damion Breust — CEO
DAMION BREUST 25 YEARS WORKING DELIVERING CORPORATE TRAVEL, CONFERENCES, EVENTS AND INCENTIVES WORLDWIDE. BUILDER OF HIGH-PERFORMING TEAMS AND COMPANIES. Brussels, Belgium About Damion Damion is a global travel strategist with over 25 years of experience designing and delivering high-impact programs that center the traveler experience. His career spans agency and corporate leadership across six continents, with a track record of transforming travel, incentive, and event initiatives into strategic assets for engagement, loyalty, and performance. In his current role, Damion has transformed, optimized, and automated global travel, corporate card, and expense systems—creating a seamless, traveler-centric ecosystem that enhances operational efficiency and elevates the end-to-end journey. His work ensures that every touchpoint, from booking to reconciliation, supports both business goals and traveler satisfaction. He has led multi-country teams to execute complex, multi-million dollar events involving tens of thousands of participants, consistently aligning operational excellence with cultural intelligence. Damion’s expertise lies in building agile, high-performing teams and restructuring operations to meet shifting market demands while maintaining traveler-centric outcomes. Having lived in Japan, Greece, Singapore, and Australia—and worked extensively across the US, UK, Europe, Africa, and South America—Damion brings a deeply international lens to every engagement. His leadership style is rooted in respect, creativity, and precision, with a relentless focus on delivering seamless, brand-aligned experiences. Damion partners with organizations ready to elevate travel from a logistical function to a strategic differentiator. His work inspires, performs, and endures. Large Multiple Business Management / Proven Success • Exceptionally High Performance Standards / Expectations • Outstanding Procurement and Commerical Effectiveness • Negotiation Expert / Account Management / Profitability • Operationally Savvy / System Development / Implementation • Excellent Business Communication / Collaboration / Liaison • Staff Development / Retention / Dynamic People Management • Self Motivation / ‘Hits the Ground Running’ / Achieves Results
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Corporate Travel and Event Management expert with a strong focus on strategic partnerships.
Location: Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium
Experience: 32 yrs
Skills
- Travel Management
- Corporate Events
- Business Planning
- Event Planning
- Public Relations
- Marketing Strategy
- Event Management
- Corporate Travel
- Corporate Communications
- Event Marketing
- Corporate Relations
- Content Development
- Business Strategy
Career Highlights
- Over 25 years of global travel strategy experience.
- Transformed corporate travel into strategic assets.
- Expert in building high-performing teams.
Work Experience
BNY
Global Head of Travel Experience, Expense, Corporate Card (3 yrs 8 mos)
Global Head of Travel Services & Partnerships | Brussels Corporate Services Lead (4 mos)
Global Corporate Experience EMEA Manager | EMEA Travel Lead, Conferences & Events, F&B, Corp Card (11 mos)
Andria Mitsakos Public Relations
Senior Vice President, Commerical (1 yr 5 mos)
DIRECTIONS Conference & Incentive Management
Chief Executive Officer (2 yrs 3 mos)
Barclays
Director, Head of Corporate Relations - Asia Pacific (1 yr 11 mos)
Director, Regional Head of Event Marketing, Asia Pacific (3 yrs)
Barclays Capital
Director, Deputy Head of Event Marketing - Asia Pacific (1 yr 10 mos)
Vice President, Deputy Head of Global Marketing & Sponsorships - Asia Pacific (3 yrs)
BI WORLDWIDE
Executive Director (2 yrs 11 mos)
Sabre Corporation
Head of Content Development (7 mos)
DIRECTIONS Conference & Incentive Management
Chief Executive - Hancock Group of Companies (7 yrs 9 mos)
ANA Hotel Sydney
Account Manager - Conferences and Incentives (2 yrs 7 mos)
Education
Diploma of Business Managment at College of Tourism & Hospitality (COTAH) Brisbane
