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shares: Shares of the electric carmaker tumbled more than 6 per cent to US263.24, with investors on edge after a tumultuous August during which Musk proposed and then abruptly pulled the plug on a go-private deal, according to Nine News Australia. Chief Accounting Officer Dave Morton resigned after just one month in the job because of discomfort with the attention on the company and pace of work during that time, Tesla said in a filing on Friday. To improve your experience update it here News World Tesla execs quit, CEO smokes pot10 28am Sep 8, Chief Executive Elon Musk has been filmed smoking marijuana and wielding a sword on a webcast, just hours before the automaker said its recently-appointed accounting chief would leave, the latest in a string of unusual behaviour and executive departures that have stunned investors. It later said that Chief People Officer Gaby Toledano would not return from a leave of absence, just over a year after joining. Morton and Toledano, whose departures come shortly after the US Securities and Exchange Commission opened an inquiry into Musk's aborted privatisation plan, join dozens of senior executives who have left Tesla. Later on Friday, Tesla named a new president of automotive operations, promoting former Daimler truck executive Jerome Guillen into the role overseeing all automotive operations and reporting to Musk. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.