Daimler Truck finance chief dies in ‘tragic incident,’ company says

The chief monetary officer of Daimler Truck has died in a “tragic incident,” the corporate mentioned Sunday.

Jochen Goetz, 52, died Saturday, in response to an organization assertion that did not specify what occurred to him.

Goetz spent greater than three a long time working on the Daimler Group, the Stuttgart, Germany-based automotive big finest generally known as the maker of Mercedes-Benz luxurious vehicles.

The firm mentioned Sunday he was “decisively responsible for the successful spin-off” in 2021 of Daimler’s truck division, which is the world’s largest maker of vehicles, from the remainder of the corporate that renamed itself Mercedes-Benz Group AG.

“The death of Jochen Goetz is a tremendous loss for Daimler Truck, both personally and professionally,” mentioned a press release from Martin Daum, chairman of the corporate’s board of administration, of which Goetz was additionally a member.