
	Wolfgang Nickl, executive vice president and chief financial officer, is responsible for Western Digital&#39;s financial planning and analysis, operations finance for its HGST and WD subsidiaries, accounting, treasury, credit, tax, investor relations and internal audit functions. He also leads the company&#39;s market analysis and competitive intelligence groups. He was named senior vice president and chief financial officer in 2010, executive vice president in 2012. Nickl has been with the company since 1995 and reports to president and chief executive officer, Stephen Milligan.
	
	From 2005 to 2010, Nickl served as vice president of finance. During the prior two years, Nickl was vice president of worldwide business operations and has served in several other roles in finance, supply chain management and information technology in Europe, as well as in the U.S.
	
	Nickl has been instrumental in several value-creating initiatives at Western Digital, including the acquisitions of Read-Rite in 2003, Komag in 2007 and HGST in 2012. After the HGST acquisition, Nickl oversaw the initiation of the company&rsquo;s first capital allocation program with a defined dividend and share buyback commitment, coupled with continued investments in strategic growth opportunities.
	
	Prior to joining Western Digital, Nickl worked at IBM Global Services as a consultant for SAP costing and finance applications. Nickl holds a bachelor&#39;s degree in business from the University of Cooperative Education Stuttgart, Germany, where he received a full scholarship from IBM, and a master&#39;s degree of business administration from the University of Southern California.
