Steve Shindler

Prior to serving as Nikola’s Chariman of the Board in August 2023, Steve Shindler was a member of Nikola’s Board of Directors and chair of Nikola’s audit committee since October 2020.

Shindler is a Director of NII Holdings, Inc. a holding company that previously owned providers of wireless communication services under the Nextel brand in Latin America. From 2018 – June 2020, Shindler served as chief financial officer of VectoIQ Acquisition Corp., a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company focused on opportunities in the industrial technology, transportation, and smart mobility industries.

Previously, Shindler served as CEO of NII from 2012 until August of 2017, as well as from 2000 to 2008. He successfully transformed NII from a start-up operation into a leading wireless provider with nearly 11.5 million subscribers. In recent years, he oversaw a financial restructuring of the company that included sales of its core businesses in Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Chile and Brazil. Shindler joined Nextel Communications, Inc. in 1996 as executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Shindler graduated with a bachelor of arts in economics degree from the University of Michigan and earned his masters of business administration from Cornell University.