---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-26-006243"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRZE"
cik: "0001676238"
company_name: "Braze, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T02:52:52.909748+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Braze CFO Isabelle Winkles to resign May 29; Pankaj Malik named interim CFO

## Summary
- Isabelle Winkles will step down as CFO effective May 29, 2026, then serve as consultant through August 17.
- Pankaj Malik, current Chief Accounting Officer, appointed interim CFO effective May 29.
- Nick Rockwell to join as CIO on June 1, 2026, reporting to CTO Jon Hyman.
- Company reaffirms Q1 and full FY 2027 guidance provided on March 24, 2026.
- Formal search for a permanent CFO has begun; Winkles to present Q1 results on May 27 earnings call.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-26-006243
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRZE
- cik: 0001676238
- company_name: Braze, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1676238/000095010326006243/0000950103-26-006243-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1676238/000095010326006243/dp245711_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Isabelle Winkles departed as Chief Financial Officer at Braze, Inc..
  - Action: resign
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 28, 2026, Braze, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Isabelle Winkles will resign as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective May 29, 2026 (the “Termination Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1676238/000095010326006243/0000950103-26-006243-index.htm

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