Daimler Truck's chief financial officer Jochen Goetz suddenly and unexpectedly died at the age of 52.
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Jochen Goetz has passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in a tragic incident on Saturday, August 5th, 2023.
Mr. Goetz was Member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck Holding since July 12th, 2021, and responsible for Finance and Controlling, for the Procurement of non-production materials and services, and for IT.
He was also a member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck.
Mr. Goetz spent his entire professional career at the Daimler Group for over 36 years.
After nine years in various Controlling functions in the Unimog-division of the then Mercedes-Benz AG/Daimler-Benz, he moved to his first management position in the Controlling division at Mercedes-Benz Trucks in 2001.
After further positions and career steps in Finance and Controlling at Truck Powertrain, Mr. Goetz took over the position of Director Finance & Controlling Trucks NAFTA at Daimler Trucks North America in Portland, Oregon (U.S.) in 2012.
In 2015, he moved from a position at Mercedes-Benz Cars back to the commercial vehicle division of Daimler AG and became Vice President Finance & Controlling Daimler Trucks and Buses.
After his appointment as Executive Vice President Finance & Controlling Daimler Trucks & Buses in 2018, Mr. Goetz was finally appointed to the Board of Management of Daimler Truck Holding AG as part of the spin-off in 2021 and has been responsible for Finance and Controlling there ever since.
He was decisively responsible for the successful spin-off of Daimler Truck Holding AG from today’s Mercedes-Benz Group AG in December 2021.
Just a few months after the spin-off on December 10th, 2021, Daimler Truck Holding AG became part of the DAX in March 2022, the stock index of the 40 largest and highest-turnover German companies in the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
After the successful financial years 2021 and 2022 of Daimler Truck, Mr. Goetz recently announced strong results for the first half of 2023 and the increase in the annual forecast for 2023 as well as the start of the first share buyback program of Daimler Truck Holding. ■
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