Tim Zech

Tim Zech joined WTS Germany as a member of the Executive Board of WTS Group AG in July 2024. He had previously headed the tax function at Mercedes-Benz Group AG since 2018 and was a member of the Finance Executive Team within the Mercedes-Benz Group. In this role, as Global Head of Tax & Customs, he was responsible for all tax and customs tasks of the Group worldwide. Tim Zech began his career in the advisory business with Arthur Anders and joined Mercedes-Benz in 2001 in the international tax department with various regional responsibilities before taking over the management of the tax function for Germany and the associated tax compliance issues in 2010.

Thanks to his many years of experience in the tax department of a globally active DAX-listed company, he has a broad knowledge of tax and its areas of application along the CFO agenda. He specializes in international tax law as well as transfer pricing, customs and excise duties as well as compliance processes. He also has extensive expertise in the efficient organization and transformation of global tax functions as well as tax support for large scale M&A transactions.

At WTS, Tim Zech is responsible for the Digital unit covering all tax domains and corresponding process and technology implementation on the Executive Board. He will also support clients with process and organizational consulting to further maximize the value contribution of the tax and finance functions in the overall organization of a company.