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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-003867"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NAVN"
cik: "0001639723"
company_name: "Navan, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:01:27.705118+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Navan Appoints Shai Weiss, Former Virgin Atlantic CEO, to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Board expanded from 9 to 10 directors; Weiss elected as Class III director effective January 28, 2026.
- Weiss received initial RSU award with $450,000 grant date fair value, vesting over three years.
- Weiss served as Virgin Atlantic CEO from 2019 to 2025 and facilitated a $17 billion transatlantic joint venture.
- Weiss also joined Audit Committee and will receive annual retainers of $35,000 (board) and $10,000 (audit).
- Press release issued January 29, 2026 highlights Weiss's digital-first travel expertise for Navan's T&E market.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-003867
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NAVN
- cik: 0001639723
- company_name: Navan, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1639723/000162828026003867/0001628280-26-003867-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1639723/000162828026003867/navn-20260128.htm

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