Branderiz was formerly a Sunpower Chief Accounting Officer, he got a parachute in the form of 1,201 Tesla stock options valued at approximately $400,000 and sold nearly as many shares. It makes you wonder what kind of situation can lead to these types of departures, particularly those where there is a parachute or internal settlement of some kind like this.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-moves/tesla-accounting-chief-eric-branderizsteps-down-idUSKCN1GK36Q
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-moves/tesla-accounting-chief-eric-branderizsteps-down-idUSKCN1GK36Q