Kevin Barr is Senior Advisor to the Global Leadership Team (GLT) at CNH Industrial. In this capacity he provides strategic insight with regards to the GLT’s operational decisions and acts as a direct advisor to the Chief Executive Officer. He assumed this role in January 2024. Prior to this he was CNH’s Chief Human Resources Officer from 2021 when he first joined the company and became a member of the GLT.
Mr. Barr has some four decades of experience in human resources, in roles of increasing importance across a range of industries and geographies, including financial services, information services, consumer products and manufacturing, with extensive experience in mergers and acquisition.
Prior to joining CNH, Kevin Barr was a practicing executive and leadership career coach. From 2000 – 2019, Mr. Barr was the Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President of Terex Corporation, managing a workforce that expanded four-fold during this time. In 1998 he was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer and Vice President at Database Technologies (DBT), the then fastest-growing Internet-based US company providing online investigative information services to businesses, law enforcement agencies and consumers. In 1995 he joined Nabisco Inc., an American manufacturer of consumer snacks, as Vice President Human Resources for the Asia Pacific region, based in Singapore. During his tenure he oversaw the construction of three greenfield factories in China and Indonesia, as well as being involved in global brand launches. In 1990 he joined Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, a US provider of commercial data, analytics, and insights for businesses, and in 1992 was appointed Vice President Human Resources for its Asia-Pacific, Latin American and Canadian operations. Kevin Barr started his career with The Chase Manhattan Bank, now J.P. Morgan Chase, in 1981, assuming roles of increasing importance, and in 1988 was named Vice President, Human Resources for the Automotive Finance Division.
Kevin Barr holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, in the United States.