---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-005624"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRWD"
cik: "0001535527"
company_name: "CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T11:45:03.362405+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CrowdStrike appoints former CMO Johanna Flower to board, expanding size to nine

## Summary
- Johanna Flower appointed to CrowdStrike board effective January 18, 2023; board increased from 8 to 9 members.
- Flower served as CrowdStrike CMO from Jan to Nov 2022 and previously from Nov 2014 to Aug 2020.
- Flower is not independent under Nasdaq rules due to prior employment with the company.
- She currently serves on boards of Freshworks, ForgeRock, and several private companies.
- Flower will receive compensation per the Outside Director Compensation Policy and a standard indemnification agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-005624
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRWD
- cik: 0001535527
- company_name: CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535527/000110465923005624/0001104659-23-005624-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535527/000110465923005624/tm234087d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-005624.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Johanna Flower was appointed as member of the Board at CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On January 18, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Johanna Flower as a member of the Board to serve until the 2023 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, effective immediately, and increased the number of directors serving on the Board from eight to nine.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535527/000110465923005624/0001104659-23-005624-index.htm

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