Trending Technologies: Another Tesla exec has left the company. Here are all the key names who have departed this year. (TSLA)

Tesla is known for its high rate of executive turnover, and this year has been no different.
As the company has faced production issues, concerns about its financial health, a reported investigation from the SEC, and questions about the decision-making of CEO Elon Musk, departures from senior employees have only added to the impression of instability.
Five senior employees appear to have left the company this month alone.

Tesla has seen a lot of executives leave this year.

As the company has faced production issues, concerns about its financial health, a reported investigation from the SEC, and questions about the decision-making of CEO Elon Musk, departures from senior employees have only added to the impression of instability.

Five senior employees appear to have left the company this month alone: senior director of production and quality Antoin Abou-Haydar, head of human resources Gabrielle Toledano, chief accountant Dave Morton, head of communications Sarah O'Brien (her departure was announced in August, but her final day at the company was September 7, according to Bloomberg), and vice president of global supply management Liam O'Connor.

These are the key names who have left Tesla in 2018, when they left, and where they went next (according to their LinkedIn pages or company announcements):

January - Jason Mendez, director of manufacturing engineering: LinkedIn page 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 page does not list next position
September - Gabrielle Toledano, chief people officer: LinkedIn page 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 page 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: set to leave on October 7, LinkedIn page does not list next position