Tesla's CFO is leaving the company — here are all the key names who have departed in recent months (TSLA)

January 31, 2019

Tesla's CFO is leaving the company — here are all the key names who have departed in recent months (TSLA)

Tesla is known for its high rate of executive turnover, and the past year has been no different.
During a year in which the automaker faced production issues, investigations from the federal government, and questions about the decision-making of CEO Elon Musk, departures from senior employees have added yet another challenge.
Tesla announced on Wednesday that its CFO, Deepak Ahuja, would retire from the company in the coming months.

Tesla has seen a lot of senior employees leave in the last year.

As the automaker faced production issues, investigations from the federal government, and questions about the decision-making of CEO Elon Musk, departures from senior employees added yet another challenge.

The outflow hasn't stopped in the new year, either.

Tesla announced on Wednesday that its CFO, Deepak Ahuja, would retire from the company in the coming months. Ahuja had previously left the company in 2015 before returning in 2017.

Zach Kirkhorn, Tesla's vice president of finance, will replace Ahuja. Kirkhorn has worked for Tesla for nine years.

These are the key names who have left Tesla or have announced their departure in 2018 or so far in 2019, as well as when they left and where they went next (according to their LinkedIn profile or company announcements):

January - Jason Mendez, director of manufacturing engineering: LinkedIn profile does not list next position
January - Will McColl, manager of equipment engineering: founded WaveForm Design
February - Jon McNeill, president of global sales and services: became COO of Lyft
March - Eric Branderiz, chief accounting officer: became CFO of Enphase Energy
March - Susan Repo, corporate treasurer and vice president of finance: became CFO of Topia (she left Topia in June, according to her LinkedIn page)
April - Jim Keller, head of Autopilot hardware engineering: became head of silicon engineering at Intel
April - Georg Ell, director of Western Europe operations: became CEO of Smoothwall
May - Matthew Schwall, director of field performance engineering: became heady of field safety at Waymo
July - Ganesh Srivats, vice president overseeing retail, delivery, and marketing: became CEO of Moda Operandi
September - Sarah O'Brien, vice president of communications: LinkedIn profile does not list next position
September - Gabrielle Toledano, chief people officer: LinkedIn profile does not list next position
September - Dave Morton, chief accounting officer: became CFO of Anaplan
September - Liam O'Connor, vice president of global supply management: LinkedIn profile does not list next position
September - Antoin Abou-Haydar, senior director of production and quality: became vice president of global quality for Byton
October - Justin McAnear, vice president of worldwide finance and operations: became CFO of 10X Genomics
November - Phil Rothenberg, vice president in the legal department: became general counsel of Sonder
November - Jeff Jones, head of global security: LinkedIn profile does not list next position
November - Dan Kim, senior director of global sales, marketing, and delivery: became director of Airbnb Plus at Airbnb
December - Aaron Chew, director of investor relations: LinkedIn profile does not list next position
January 2019 — Todd Maron, general counsel: LinkedIn profile does not list next position
January 2019 — Charles Mwangi, senior director of engineering: LinkedIn profile says he is working at an unamed startup
Early 2019 — Deepak Ahuja, CFO: Ahuja said he is retiring once he leaves Tesla