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Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe, also known as TKSE, declined to comment. Sign up here. Thyssenkrupp was not immediately available for comment. Grimm has served as the spokesman for TKSE's executive board, or the unit's de facto CEO, since August 30, 2024. German newspaper Bild, citing company sources, first reported Grimm's departure, saying it is the result of a falling out with Thyssenkrupp CEO Miguel Lopez over the strategic course of the business. Reporting by Christoph Steitz and Tom Kaeckenhoff, editing by Thomas Escritt