2023-08-07 07:00:00
Jochen Goetz, CFO of Daimler Trucks, died unexpectedly on Saturday at the age of 52. The manager died “in a tragic accident,” the company said last night. Further details are not known at this time.
Jochen Goetz had been on the Board of Management of Daimler Truck Holding for two years and was responsible for finance and controlling, for purchasing non-production materials and services, and for IT. He was born in Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg. After school in Gaggenau and training as an industrial clerk at what was then Mercedes-Benz AG, Goetz completed an extra-occupational degree in business administration from 1994 to 1998, graduating as a VWA business economist.
Goetz spent his entire professional career for more than 36 years in the Daimler Group. Among other things, he worked in controlling in the Unimog area and at Mercedes-Benz Trucks. After further career stages, he became Director Finance & Controlling Trucks NAFTA at Daimler Trucks North America in Oregon in 2012. In 2015, Jochen Goetz returned from a position at Mercedes-Benz Cars to the commercial vehicle division as Vice President Finance & Controlling Daimler Trucks and Buses. After being appointed Executive Vice President Finance & Controlling Daimler Trucks & Buses, Jochen Goetz was then appointed to the Board of Management of Daimler Truck Holding AG in July 2021 and assumed responsibility for finance and controlling. In this function, he also played a key role in the demerger of the truck division from the passenger car division in the Daimler Group and the IPO last year.
Jochen Goetz leaves behind a wife and two children. (awm)
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