---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-22-084119"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LPSN"
cik: "0001102993"
company_name: "LIVEPERSON INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T21:19:16.877902+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LivePerson appoints three independent directors under Starboard accord

## Summary
- Vanessa Pegueros (ex-Onelogin CISO), Bruce Hansen (co-founder ID Analytics), Yael Zheng (ex-Bill.com CMO) appointed.
- Board expands to nine directors, eight independent; nearly half joined in the last two years.
- Appointments effective Dec 27, 2022, pursuant to previously announced July 2022 agreement with Starboard Value.
- Pegueros and Hansen appointed as Class I directors (term at 2025 meeting); Zheng as Class III (term at 2024 meeting).
- New directors will receive standard director fees and initial equity grant under 2019 Stock Incentive Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-22-084119
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LPSN
- cik: 0001102993
- company_name: LIVEPERSON INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102993/000121390022084119/0001213900-22-084119-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102993/000121390022084119/ea171057-8k_liveperson.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-22-084119.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Yael Zheng was appointed as Director at LIVEPERSON INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective December 27, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of LivePerson, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board to nine directors and appointed Vanessa Pegueros, Bruce Hansen, and Yael Zheng (together, the “New Directors”) as directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102993/000121390022084119/0001213900-22-084119-index.htm
- Executive change
  Vanessa Pegueros was appointed as Director at LIVEPERSON INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective December 27, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of LivePerson, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board to nine directors and appointed Vanessa Pegueros, Bruce Hansen, and Yael Zheng (together, the “New Directors”) as directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102993/000121390022084119/0001213900-22-084119-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bruce Hansen was appointed as Director at LIVEPERSON INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective December 27, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of LivePerson, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board to nine directors and appointed Vanessa Pegueros, Bruce Hansen, and Yael Zheng (together, the “New Directors”) as directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102993/000121390022084119/0001213900-22-084119-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.