Member of the European Advisory Board (2006–present) RWE, Member of the Supervisory Board (2009–2016) Non-profit organizations Federation of German Industries (BDI), Member of the Presidium (2018–2019) Deutscher Zukunftspreis, Member of the Board of Trustees German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Vice President of the Managing Board European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), Member of the Board of Directors European School of Management and Technology (ESMT), Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the International Advisory Council Baden-Badener Unternehmer-Gespräche (BBUG), Member of the Board of Trustees Brookings Institution, Member of the International Advisory Council Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Member of the Board Turkey: Culture of Change Initiative (TCCI), Member of the Advisory Board Controversy In the autumn of 2011, Zetsche was investigated for the involuntary manslaughter of a 27-year-old engineer who died in an accident caused by an intern on one of the firm's test tracks. The newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung reported earlier that the parents of the engineer felt the company should not have put the intern behind the wheel of a fast car on a test track. However, it was generally agreed that the public prosecutors were over-reaching their prosecutorial authority in holding Zetsche responsible, as he was not responsible in any way for regulating the limits of interns' activities while at the company. References External links Dr. Dieter Zetsche at Daimler 1953 births Living people Chrysler executives Mercedes-Benz Group executives DaimlerChrysler German chief executives German automotive engineers German electrical engineers Businesspeople from Stuttgart TUI Group Paderborn University alumni Engineers from Hesse Mercedes-Benz in Formula One