Caterpillar Inc., $66B earth moving/mining equipment giant, has recruited Jeff Hardee as Asia-Pacific government & corporate affairs director in Singapore.
He handled Dell’s government affairs duties in the region for the past three years up until July and chaired its Asia cloud security & compliance council.
Earlier, Hardee held APAC communications positions at the Business Software Alliance for ten years before an eight-year stint at Motion Picture Assn. negotiating copyright protection deals for films.
He began his career as U.S. Commerce Dept. desk officer at its International Trade Administration unit covering Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Taiwan.
Hardee is a member of American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore board of governors.
For Peoria-based Caterpillar, he will handle APAC media, external communications, image and corporate social responsibility initiatives.
With $17B in 2012 revenues, APAC is Caterpillar’s No.2 region following North America, which generated $24B in sales.
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