Gerrit Marx is the Chief Executive Officer of CNH. He leads a 40,000+ global team focused on advancing and supporting farming and construction all around the world. His role as CEO also encompasses direct global responsibility for the Company’s Agriculture segment.
His career spans some 25 years throughout which he has worked across different regions and sectors, focusing on industrials, machinery & equipment and automotive.
Gerrit Marx joined CNH as CEO in July 2024. From January 2022 to June 2024, he was CEO of Iveco Group N.V. (EXM: IVG) – a publicly listed commercial vehicles, powertrains, buses and specialty vehicles company. His leadership of Iveco Group followed its spinoff from CNH, where he had served as President of Commercial and Specialty Vehicles from January 2019.
Prior to this, Mr. Marx was a member of the European Leadership Team at the multi-asset investment firm Bain Capital from 2012. He oversaw portfolio activities, driving and leading transformational change programs with a specific focus on automotive and industrial assets. During his tenure, he covered interim roles such as Chief Executive Officer of Wittur Group, a global Tier-1 supplier to the elevator industry and President of the Powertools Division at the US Apex Tool Group.
Gerrit Marx was Executive Vice President of the carmaker Volkswagen AG China and President of Skoda China from 2011 – 2012. From 2007 – 2011 he assumed roles of increasing responsibility within the automotive corporation Daimler AG (now Mercedes-Benz Group AG) across North America, Europe and Asia, latterly as President and Chief Executive Officer of Daimler Trucks China. Mr. Marx began his career at the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company in 1999 focusing on operational improvement programs in the automotive and aerospace industries.
Gerrit Marx holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (“Diplom Ingenieur”) and an MBA (“Diplom Kaufmann”) from the RWTH Aachen University; and a PhD in Business Administration from Cologne University, both in Germany.