Electric sports-car maker Tesla ’s latest addition to its workforce is Deepak Ahuja, who has spent 15 years at Ford and will become Tesla’s Chief Financial Officer. Just yesterday, Tesla hired Mazda designer Franz von Holzhausen.
Ahuja acted as the Small Cars Controller at Ford , which focused on bringing fuel efficient cars to the automaker’s U.S. range of offerings. Ahuja recently moved from Michigan to California with this wife and two daughters in order to accommodate his new job at Tesla ’s San Carlos headquarters.
“The addition of another seasoned auto industry executive to the senior management team at Tesla demonstrates that Tesla is focused on combining the best of what Detroit and Silicon Valley has to offer in building the next great American automobile company,” said Tesla CEO Ze’ev Drori.
Tesla does not have a great track record with its previous white-collar employees, as it is facing a class-action lawsuit.
