Gerrit Marx is new CEO of CNH
CNH Industrial N.V. announces the appointment of Gerrit Marx to the role of CEO effective July 1, 2024. He succeeds Scott Wine, whose request to leave the Company at the end of the current three-year business plan cycle to pursue other interests, has been accepted by the Board.
Marx rejoins CNH from Iveco Group whereas CEO he has led that companys drive into a new era of connectivity, integrating the latest digital and data technologies with Ivecos product offering. He has also chaired Ivecos powertrain business overseeing its transition to alternative propulsion systems. Prior to first joining CNH in January 2019, Marx worked for 20 years in senior roles at McKinsey, Daimler Trucks, and Bain Capital, living in Brazil, China, Europe and Japan.
During the more than three years of Wines 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, Wine has delivered three straight years of record revenues and EBIT margins while overseeing the improved performance of the Companys 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.
CNHs Chair, Suzanne Heywood commented: Were 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 CNHs progress in these years and wish him well in his future endeavors.
With Marxs appointment as the Companys 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 Mr. Marx to lead the Companys planning and objectives for the next phase of its development. In the meantime, the Companys first quarter financial results will be presented as planned in a conference call on May 2, 2024 by Mr. Wine, who will continue as the Companys CEO until the end of June.
CNH Industrial is a world-class equipment and services company. Driven by its purpose of Breaking New Ground, which centers on Innovation, Sustainability and Productivity, the Company provides the strategic direction, R&D capabilities, and investments that enable the success of its global and regional Brands. Globally, Case IH and New Holland supply 360° agriculture applications from machines to implements and the digital technologies that enhance them; and CASE and New Holland Construction Equipment deliver a full lineup of construction products that make the industry more productive. The Companys regionally focused Brands include: STEYR, for agricultural tractors; Raven, a leader in digital agriculture, precision technology and the development of autonomous systems; Hemisphere, a leading designer and manufacturer of high- precision satellite-based positioning, and heading technologies; Flexi-Coil, specializing in tillage and seeding systems; Miller, manufacturing application equipment; Kongskilde, providing tillage, seeding and hay & forage implements; and Eurocomach, producing a wide range of mini and midi excavators for the construction sector, including electric solutions.
Across a history spanning over two centuries, CNH has always been a pioneer in its sectors and continues to passionately innovate and drive customer efficiency and success. As a truly global company, CNHs 40,000+ employees form part of a diverse and inclusive workplace, focused on empowering customers to grow, and build, a better world.