Müller to leave Deutz

Dr. Markus Müller has asked the supervisory board to terminate his mandate on the Board of Management at Deutz by mutual agreement on January 31, 2025, to head the European, Middle Eastern and African (EMEA) operations of CNH from March 1, 2025. The board approved his request.

Dr. Markus Müller (Photo: Deutz)

“As Chief Technology and Sales Officer, Markus Müller has made a significant contribution not only to broadening Deutz’s position in recent years, but above all to putting it back on the road to success. We regret his departure and wish him every success in his new role,” said Dr. Dietmar Voggenreiter, chairman of the supervisory board of Deutz AG.

Müller was been with Deutz for more than 16 years, and served as Chief Technology and Sales Officer since 2021. His responsibilities at the company will reportedly be taken over by the remaining Board of Management until a succession plan has been agreed upon.

“You never want to see a valued colleague go, but I would like to thank Markus Müller for our close and always constructive work together in the board team,” said Dr. Sebastian Schulte, CEO of Deutz AG. “He has made a decisive contribution in his role to the significantly stronger position Deutz is in today and to the further growth we will achieve moving forward. As much as I regret his departure, I am also very happy for him and wish him all the best in his role at CNH.”

Müller will become President, EMEA at CNH on March 1, 2025. In the region for which he will then be responsible, CNH, with 15,000 people and 15 manufacturing and 22 R&D sites, reportedly generates sales of around 6 billion euros.

“Deutz was and is a very special company to me,” said Müller. “You don’t stay for 16 years unless it is. I would like to thank the entire Deutz family for the time we have spent together and look back with pride and gratitude on what we have built and achieved in recent years. This applies in particular to the last few years together with Sebastian Schulte, during which we were able to set the course for a successful future for Deutz. I am now looking forward to a new challenge and a fresh perspective – in the same industry, but now on the customer side.”