Carlo Materazzo is the Chief Manufacturing Officer at CNH. He is responsible for global agriculture industrial operations across five regions and 15 countries, ensuring efficient production processes and driving continuous improvement through our CNH Business System to optimize productivity and profitability.
With more than 20 years of international experience in manufacturing, operations, and logistics, Mr. Materazzo has built his career across major global automotive and industrial organizations.
He assumed his current role and became a member of the Company’s Global Leadership Team in January 2026. Prior to joining CNH, Mr. Materazzo served as Vice President of Logistics and Manufacturing at the American electric vehicle manufacturer and automotive technology company Rivian, which he first joined as Vice President of Logistics in November 2023.
Carlo Materazzo spent 15 years with the global automaker Stellantis. He assumed increasingly senior roles in manufacturing where his positions, from most recent, included: Head of North America Assembly Operations; Head of Manufacturing Planning and Control; Global Head of World Class Manufacturing; Director of Multi-Site Operations; and Plant Manager at Sevel, Italy – the joint venture between the former FCA and PSA (now Stellantis).
Before joining Stellantis (then Fiat Group) in December 2009, Mr. Materazzo began and grew his career at the commercial vehicles manufacturer IVECO (which became part of CNH Industrial in 2013 and was spun off as Iveco Group in 2022). He was Plant Manager at the Light-Duty Commercial Vehicles production site in Valladolid, Spain from December 2006 – November 2009 and Operational Manager at the Light-Duty Commercial Vehicles production site in Suzzara, Italy from November 2005 – November 2006 (both current Iveco Group production sites). He has also served as a Business Development Manager; HR Change Agent; Plant Supervisor; Product Quality Specialist; and Unit Supervisor. Mr. Materazzo first joined IVECO as a Process Engineer in 1996.
Carlo Materazzo holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Sapienza University of Rome, in Italy, and an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business, in the USA.