Hubertus M. Mühlhäuser

Hubertus Michael Mühlhäuser (born October 7, 1969, in Erbach, Germany) is a business executive. He is a former CEO of CNH Industrial and Welbilt. Previously, he held senior positions at Karl-H. Mühlhäuser GmbH, AGCO Corporation, and Arthur D. Little.

Early life and education Mühlhäuser was born in Erbach im Odenwald in Hesse, Germany. His father, Heinz-Peter Mühlhäuser, was the head of Karl-H. Mühlhäuser GmbH, which his own grandfathers had founded.

After finishing high school and his military service, Mühlhäuser studied at the EBS University of Business and Law in Germany and the European Business School London as well as the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE) and graduated with a master's degree in Business Administration from the EBS in Germany.

Career After having worked freelance for international management consulting firm Arthur D. Little in Germany, in 1996, Mühlhäuser joined the firm as a business analyst in Zürich Switzerland. In 2001, he became the managing director of Arthur D. Little Switzerland.

In 2005, Mühlhäuser joined the American agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO Corporation, initially as senior vice president of strategy and integration, a position he held until 2011. Mühlhäuser left AGCO in September 2012.

In 2013, Mühlhäuser returned to Hesse, Germany, to manage the family company, Karl-H. Mühlhäuser GmbH, an international tunneling equipment supplier; he acquired majority shareholdings and became managing partner. He reorganized, expanded with small acquisitions, and moved the group's holding company headquarters to Switzerland. He retired as managing director in 2015, remaining as majority stakeholder. In 2020, the company was sold to Mining Equipment Ltd.

In August 2015, Mühlhäuser was appointed president, CEO, and a director of Manitowoc Foodservice, a commercial foodservice equipment manufacturing division of The Manitowoc Company, a publicly traded American international company. He built an executive team, reorganized the company's management team, and appointed a separate supervisory board. The Manitowoc Foodservice division, and its more than 20 facilities worldwide, was spun off as an independent, publicly traded company in March 2016, with its headquarters located in Florida. Mühlhäuser also led the changing of the newly separated company's name to its original one, Welbilt, in February 2017, reducing the number of its global brands from 25 to 12. He restructured the company and closed several manufacturing plants.

In August 2018, Mühlhäuser was appointed chief executive officer at heavy equipment manufacturer CNH Industrial, effective September 17, 2018, In November 2018, he was elected an executive director of the company. In early 2019, he assembled a new management team and re-organized the company's five global operating segments. He also directed the company toward alternative propulsion and high-tech innovations.

In September 2019, Mühlhäuser initiated a five-year business plan, which included splitting off CNH's on-highway business (commercial trucks and buses and powertrain) into a separately listed entity from its off-highway business (agriculture, construction, and specialty equipment). the company confirmed commitment to his five-year plan, and the separation of its off-road and on-road divisions.

Personal life Mühlhäuser is married to Sabine and they live with their three children in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida, United States.