Gerrit Marx Appointed as CEO of CNH Industrial N.V.
Marx returns to CNH from Iveco Group, where he served as CEO and led the company's transformation into a new era of connectivity by integrating digital and data technologies with its products. He also chaired Iveco's powertrain business, guiding its shift towards alternative propulsion systems. Before joining CNH initially in January 2019, Mr. Marx held senior positions for 20 years at McKinsey, Daimler Trucks, and Bain Capital, working across Brazil, China, Europe, and Japan.
During the more than three years of Wine’s tenure as CEO, CNH has become an agriculture and construction pure-play following the Iveco Group demerger and is now solely listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Among his achievements, Mr. Wine has delivered three straight years of record revenues and EBIT margins while overseeing the improved performance of the Company’s Agriculture segment, the turnaround of the Construction segment, and the 2021 acquisition of Raven Industries, the precision agriculture technology business. In this period the Company has more than doubled its R&D expenditures, launched ambitious margin improvement and value enhancement initiatives, and by May 2024 will have returned more than $3 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends and share buybacks.
CNH’s Chair, Suzanne Heywood commented, “We’re delighted to welcome Gerrit back to CNH as CEO. We look forward to him bringing the same energy and focus he has demonstrated so effectively when leading Iveco, to his new role at a time when CNH is navigating the current end-market downcycle with an emphasis on managing inventory and costs, expanding margins, and harnessing the full potential of the newly established tech stack. On behalf of the Board, I would also like to thank Scott Wine for his leadership and considerable contribution to CNH’s progress in these years and wish him well in his future endeavors.”
With Marx’s appointment as the Company’s new CEO taking effect on July 1, 2024, the Board has decided that the Investor Day presentation scheduled for May 21, 2024, will be postponed to a later date to allow Marx to lead the Company’s planning and objectives for the next phase of its development. In the meantime, the Company’s first quarter financial results will be presented as planned in a conference call on May 2, 2024 by Wine, who will continue as the Company’s CEO until the end of June.
