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“People kept telling me to put a board member on who knows cyber security, but I didn't want that seat occupied just for cyber expertise — so I took an online course in cyber security (there are good ones from Google) and now I can ask the right, sometimes annoying, questions in audit committees.”
On , Suzanne Heywood, Executive Chairperson at CNH INDUSTRIAL NV, spoke about cybersecurity during What a life of disruption reveals about business and leadership in uncertain times | Suzanne Heywood on Lucerne Dialogue.
At the CNH Industrial 2026 Annual General Meeting, Suzanne Heywood, serving as chair of the board, presided over the meeting remotely. During the session, she noted the reappointment of herself as an executive director, along with the reappointment of other directors and the approval of various agenda items, including authorizations related to share issuance and repurchases. Heywood stated that the company remains committed to reaching 16 to 17% midcycle adjusted EBIT margins by 2030 in agriculture and 7 to 8% midcycle adjusted EBIT margins by 2030 in construction. She also said that after satisfying debt obligations and funding strategic investments, the company intends to return substantially all industrial free cash flow to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.