---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-091242"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NN"
cik: "0001865631"
company_name: "NEXTNAV INC."
filed_at: "2023-11-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T20:05:01.015294+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NextNav appoints Mariam Sorond as CEO; co-founder Ganesh Pattabiraman steps down

## Summary
- Ganesh Pattabiraman resigned as CEO and director effective Nov 29, 2023; will serve as senior advisor for 2 years.
- Mariam Sorond appointed President and CEO and director; previously CTO at VMware, Chief Wireless Architect at DISH.
- Sorond receives $550k base salary, 60% target bonus, 1.5M RSUs (3-yr vest), performance-based RSUs, and $2M annual LTI.
- Pattabiraman's outstanding equity continues to vest during 2-year consulting term; monthly consulting fee $20,833.33.
- No disagreement with Pattabiraman's departure; will assist with transition and government initiatives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-091242
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NN
- cik: 0001865631
- company_name: NEXTNAV INC.
- filed_at: 2023-11-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865631/000121390023091242/0001213900-23-091242-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865631/000121390023091242/ea189215-8k_nextnavinc.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-091242.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mariam Sorond was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at NEXTNAV INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On November 29, 2023, the Board appointed Mariam Sorond as the Company’s President and CEO and designated her as the Company’s principal executive officer, effective as of November 29, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865631/000121390023091242/0001213900-23-091242-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ganesh Pattabiraman resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at NEXTNAV INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Ganesh Pattabiraman has resigned as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, effective as of November 29, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865631/000121390023091242/0001213900-23-091242-index.htm

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