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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Western Digital (WDC)

Western Digital names Kris Sennesael chief financial officer effective May 12, 2025

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Western Digital's board appointed Kris Sennesael as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective May 12, 2025, and he will become the principal financial officer on that date. He will report to CEO Irving Tan and lead the global finance organization, and his pay package includes a $10,000,000 sign-on equity award that vests through 2028.

Key points

  • Sennesael was CFO of Skyworks Solutions from 2016 to May 2025, and previously was CFO of Enphase Energy and Standard Microsystems.
  • Annual base salary of $715,000, with a target short-term bonus of 100% of base salary and a $2,000,000 signing bonus subject to repayment if he leaves before the two-year anniversary of payment.
  • Sign-on equity award with a grant date value of $10,000,000, 80% in RSUs and 20% in PSUs; RSUs vest from November 2025 through May 2028.

The filing

CompanyWestern Digital (WDC)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 8, 2025, 4:10 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-115959

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:21 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 08, 2025.

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