---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001607939-23-000141"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UDMY"
cik: "0001607939"
company_name: "Udemy, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T08:44:38.772501+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Udemy appoints Sohaib Abbasi as Independent Chair of Board

## Summary
- Board size set at 7; Abbasi fills vacancy as Class I director and chair.
- Abbasi succeeds Jeff Lieberman, who remains a director.
- Abbasi is former CEO of Informatica and former Oracle executive with 30+ years experience.
- Appointment effective immediately; Abbasi will serve under standard non-employee director compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001607939-23-000141
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UDMY
- cik: 0001607939
- company_name: Udemy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1607939/000160793923000141/0001607939-23-000141-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1607939/000160793923000141/udmy-20230712.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001607939-23-000141
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001607939-23-000141.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001607939-23-000141.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sohaib Abbasi was appointed as Chairperson of the Board at Udemy, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairperson of the Board
  source text: On July 12, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Udemy, Inc. (the “Company”) fixed the size of the Board at 7 directors and appointed Sohaib Abbasi to fill the resulting vacancy and serve as a Class I director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1607939/000160793923000141/0001607939-23-000141-index.htm

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