---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001596532-22-000205"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ANET"
cik: "0001596532"
company_name: "Arista Networks, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T09:12:50.799492+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arista Networks appoints Yvonne Wassenaar to board of directors

## Summary
- Board expanded to nine; Wassenaar appointed as independent Class II director.
- Term expires at 2025 annual meeting; also joins Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Compensation: $75k annual cash retainer plus $225k RSU grant vesting quarterly over one year.
- Wassenaar previously CEO of Puppet, CIO at New Relic, board member at Forrester Research.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001596532-22-000205
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ANET
- cik: 0001596532
- company_name: Arista Networks, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-07-25T23:59:59+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/1596532/000159653222000205/0001596532-22-000205-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653222000205/anet-20220721.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001596532-22-000205
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001596532-22-000205.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001596532-22-000205.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Yvonne Wassenaar was appointed as Director at Arista Networks, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 21, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Arista Networks, Inc. (“Arista”) increased the size of the Board to nine members and appointed Yvonne Wassenaar to serve as an independent member of Arista’s Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653222000205/0001596532-22-000205-index.htm

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