secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC)
CIK:        0000106040
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-28T13:08:27+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-038632
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Western Digital appoints Manuvir Das, former NVIDIA executive, to board
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- Manuvir Das appointed to board effective May 26, 2026; will serve on Audit Committee.
- Das previously led enterprise computing at NVIDIA, headed Dell EMC's unstructured data storage, and was original Azure engineering leader at Microsoft.
- He currently serves as Operating Partner in Digital Infrastructure at Stonepeak Partners LP since April 2025.
- Board now comprises nine directors, eight of whom are independent.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000162828026038632/0001628280-26-038632-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000162828026038632/wdc-20260526.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-038632

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