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Article: Tesla hires Ford vet as CFO, adds to exec team.
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- Automotive News
- Article date:
- August 11, 2008
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Byline: Craig Trudell
Upstart electric sports car maker Tesla Motors has hired another executive away from the Detroit 3, naming 15-year Ford veteran Deepak Ahuja as CFO.
Tesla also has named Mazda designer Franz von Holzhausen, 40, as its design director. The company announced the hiring last week.
Ahuja, 45, led Ford's small-car product development program, which brought fuel-efficient cars to the automaker's lineup in the United States.
Previously, Ahuja was CFO of Ford of Southern Africa. He also had been CFO of AutoAlliance International, a joint venture between Ford and Mazda.
Before joining Mazda in 2005, von Holzhausen held design manager ...
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