Former Scania exec appointed new Navistar CEO

Trucking news and briefs for Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021:

Mathias Carlbaum most recently had been leading the post-merger management of Navistar on behalf of the Traton Group.Mathias Carlbaum has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of Navistar International Corporation effective Sept. 1, succeeding Persio Lisboa, who has held the position since July 2020. The move marks the first significant management shake up since Navistar's merger with Traton SE, Volkswagen's heavy truck division, was approved last month. 

Carlbaum most recently had been leading the post-merger management of Navistar on behalf of the Traton Group. Prior to that, he'd served in sales and management roles at Traton-owned Scania, including serving as Scania CV AB Executive Vice President Commercial Operations.

Lisboa will retire following a 35 year tenure with Navistar, including stints as COO and CEO.

"Mathias Carlbaum is an internationally experienced manager with the right skills and mindset to lead Navistar into this new era as part of Traton Group," said Traton SE CEO and member of Navistar’s Board of Directors Matthias Gründler. "I am welcoming Mathias in his new responsibility. A great thanks goes to Persio Lisboa for his great support before, during and after the merger.”