CNH Industrial (CNHI) has appointed Hubertus M. Mühlhäuser as chief executive officer, effective September 17, 2018. To be based at the Company’s Burr Ridge, Chicago, USA offices, he brings extensive leadership experience at multinational industrial companies, a deep knowledge of the agriculture and construction sectors as well as strategic expertise.
Mühlhäuser joins the company from Welbilt Inc., where he was director, president and CEO since 2015. Prior to this, he worked at AGCO Corporation , heading its EMEA and Asia Region businesses as well as its global engine division. He also held the position of senior vice president of strategy and integration for AGCO. Before joining Welbilt Inc., he dedicated two years to his family business, the tunneling specialist Mühlhäuser Holding Ltd., where he has been non-executive chairman since 2015. Mühlhäuser started his career at Arthur D. Little Inc., where he was the global head of the strategy & organization practice and a member of the global executive team.