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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.”

Suzanne Heywood
Executive Chairperson, CNH INDUSTRIAL NV
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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.

What a life of disruption reveals about business and leadership in uncertain times | Suzanne Heywood
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What a life of disruption reveals about business and leadership in uncertain times | Suzanne Heywood
Lucerne Dialogue
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Resilience is rarely built in comfort zones. Suzanne Heywood – COO of Exor Group and Chair of CNH Industrial and Iveco Group – brought this message to the European Economic Forum 2025 with a keynote that linked her extraordinary childhood at sea to the realities of strategic leadership today. Drawing on a life shaped by uncertainty, she shared what it means to lead with confidence when the future is unclear. Her reflections — from navigating storms as a child to guiding major industrial players across Europe — highlighted that true resilience is not about sheer strength, but about adaptability. 🎤 More about Suzanne Heywood: https://www.lucerne-dialogue.ch/speak... ℹ️ Lucerne Dialogue: https://www.lucerne-dialogue.ch/en/home Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:50 - Q&A Follow us on LinkedIn:   / lucerne-dialogue   Follow us on Instagram:   / lucernedialogue   Follwo us on Twitter: https://x.com/LucerneDialogue #EuropeanEconomicForum2025 #LucerneDialogue #SuzanneHeywood #EEF25 #BackToBusiness #Leadership #Resilience #Europe #WomenInLeadership #EuropeanBusinessConference
Suzanne Heywood

About Suzanne Heywood

Executive Chairperson · CNH INDUSTRIAL NV

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.

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