Cummins Appoints Antonio Leitao as New Vice President For Off-Highway Engine Business

Cummins has announced the appointment of Antonio Leitao as the new Vice President Off-Highway Engine Business. He will continue with his leadership of Cummins’ European Business.

As an off-highway leader, Antonio Leitao will drive the Engine Business’ global strategy, product planning and customer relationships for Cummins’ $2 billion off-highway market, as well as leading strategic work for all business operations in Europe.  He will report to Srikanth Padmanabhan, Vice President and President, Cummins Engine Business.

The Cummins off-highway business serves agriculture, construction and other industrial segments. Total production volumes across off-highways reached over 270,000 engines in 2021.

Antonio Leitao, newly appointed Vice President of Cummins Off-Highway Engine Business & European Area Business Organisation, said:

“In taking on this new challenge, I’m hoping to build on the strong customer relationships I’ve maintained throughout my career, to continue to expand our off-highway opportunities, which is especially critical during this time of industry transformation.  I’m looking forward to continuing the fantastic work Cummins has conducted in the off-highway sector.”

Antonio brings more than 30 years of experience working in all corners of the world in sales and marketing roles.  Antonio Leitao joined Cummins in 2002 as the Director for Commercial Generator Sets in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Antonio spent the next 15 years at Cummins in Power Generation, including serving as President of Cummins Power Generation, Vice President of Powergen Marketing and Executive Director of Global Commercial Products. In 2017, he assumed the role of Vice President of Europe Area Business Organisation, driving the company’s strategy for the European region which is home to eight manufacturing sites and more than 6,700 employees.

Leitao is replacing former-Vice President Off-Highway Business, Alexey Ustinov, who will now serve as Vice President of Electrolyzers, leading innovation and growth in Cummins hydrogen technologies. Ustinov joined Cummins in 1994 as an engineer. Since then, he has served in a variety of roles, including responsibility for Cummins Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) business, as well as Cummins’ distribution business in Europe, the Middle East, China and India.