Long-serving board member Donald Harrison has resigned from the SpaceX board, according to regulatory filings submitted by SpaceX on Friday.
His departure comes as company CEO Elon Musk is pushing for a merger between SpaceX and Tesla.
Harrison, who served as one of the directors of SpaceX and took part in assessing the feasibility of a merger between SpaceX and Tesla, is President of Corporate Development at Google.
Google invested nearly $1 billion in SpaceX back in 2015, and Harrison joined the SpaceX board at that time. Google still holds a substantial stake in SpaceX to this day.
Friday's filing shows that Harrison submitted his intention to resign on November 4. The filing specifically states: "Mr. Harrison's resignation was not due to any disagreement with the company regarding its operations, policies, or business practices."
The SpaceX board includes a group of independent directors, and Harrison was one of them. This group is responsible for evaluating the possibility of a merger between SpaceX and Tesla. Currently, the SpaceX board has five independent directors remaining.
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