---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001506293-26-000117"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PINS"
cik: "0001506293"
company_name: "PINTEREST, INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-28T20:15:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-28T20:17:37.213712+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pinterest CFO Julia Brau Donnelly to depart; Vikram Naidu named interim Principal Financial Officer

## Summary
- CFO Julia Brau Donnelly resigns effective Oct 30, 2026, to pursue another opportunity; departure not due to any disagreement.
- Vikram Naidu, 40, appointed interim Principal Financial Officer effective Oct 30, 2026; he remains VP Finance and Business Operations.
- Naidu joined Pinterest in March 2024; previously VP Finance at Verkada (Jan 2023–Mar 2024) and VP Finance/FP&A at Lyft (2015–2022).
- Company has commenced external search for Donnelly's permanent successor; she will support transition until Oct 30.
- No family relationships or related-party transactions involving Naidu requiring disclosure under Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001506293-26-000117
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PINS
- cik: 0001506293
- company_name: PINTEREST, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-28T20:15:14+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506293/000150629326000117/0001506293-26-000117-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506293/000150629326000117/pins-20260826.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001506293-26-000117.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Vikram Naidu was appointed as Principal Financial Officer at PINTEREST, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Financial Officer
  source text: On August 27, 2026, the Company appointed Vikram Naidu, age 40, as the Company’s Principal Financial Officer on an interim basis, effective October 30, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506293/000150629326000117/0001506293-26-000117-index.htm
- Executive change
  Julia Brau Donnelly resigned as Chief Financial Officer at PINTEREST, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 26, 2026, Julia Brau Donnelly, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, submitted her resignation to Pinterest, Inc. (the “Company”) to pursue another opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506293/000150629326000117/0001506293-26-000117-index.htm

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