Diebold Nixdorf announced the appointment of Thomas Timko as chief financial officer (CFO), effective May 17, 2024. He will be responsible for Diebold Nixdorf's financial strategies, including optimizing the organization's global financial systems and driving alignment of the company's strategy to its financial performance to build value for stockholders and other stakeholders. He will also oversee corporate finance, treasury, strategy, financial planning and analysis, tax accounting, investor relations, risk management and shared services.

Timko will succeed current CFO Jim Barna, who will assist Timko in an orderly transition and become EVP, Transformation. Timko, for almost six years, served as global chief accounting officer (CAO) and controller at GE, where he led a large global team and served as a key strategic advisor to the executive team, most recently supporting the successful transformation of the 130-year-old multinational corporation into three stand-alone, fit-for-purpose companies. Prior to GE, Timko spent over five years at General Motors (GM) as CAO and controller.

During this time, he partnered with GM's CEO to implement a Global Strategic Risk Management Program, led the Global Business Solutions function with over 2,500 service team members, and managed the disposition of GM's $19 billion European business. Earlier in his career, Timko served in a variety of leadership positions, including vice president and CAO at Applied Materials where he oversaw FP&A and managed the financial due diligence for a $5 billion acquisition, and as CAO and controller at Delphi Corporation, supporting their emergence from bankruptcy.