Louis Dreyfus Says CFO Patrick Treuer Dies ‘Unexpectedly’ (2)

Louis Dreyfus Co. said Patrick Treuer, chief financial officer and a close associate of the agricultural trading giant’s founding family, died “unexpectedly overnight” at the age of 52.

The Rotterdam-based company didn’t disclose the cause of death in a statement Wednesday. It didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

A Swiss national and former Credit Suisse Group AG banker, Treuer was named CFO of Louis Dreyfus in 2019 as part of a larger management shakeup. He saw the company through a period of record earnings helped by the massive price swings in commodity markets following Russia’s invasion of ...