---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-019288"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WDC"
cik: "0000106040"
company_name: "WESTERN DIGITAL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T03:53:13.943740+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Digital appoints Don R. Bennett as Interim CFO effective Feb 28, 2025

## Summary
- Don R. Bennett, 55, appointed Interim CFO effective Feb 28, 2025, succeeding Wissam G. Jabre.
- Bennett has served as SVP, Finance and CFO of HDD business since November 2020.
- He will receive temporary annual base salary of $525,000 and 120% target short-term incentive.
- Compensation arrangements apply for period starting Feb 28, 2025, ending three months after he ceases as Interim CFO.
- No arrangements or family relationships between Bennett and any director or executive officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-019288
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WDC
- cik: 0000106040
- company_name: WESTERN DIGITAL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312525019288/0001193125-25-019288-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312525019288/d822922d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8b31093ce2
  claim: Don R. Bennett was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.
  evidence_excerpt: the Board of Directors of Western Digital Corporation (the “Company”) unanimously appointed Don R. Bennett as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective as of February 28, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312525019288/0001193125-25-019288-index.htm
- claim_id: d262b3ecb9
  claim: Wissam G. Jabre departed as Chief Financial Officer at WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.
  evidence_excerpt: the date that Wissam G. Jabre will cease to be the Company’s Chief Financial Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000119312525019288/0001193125-25-019288-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.