---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001640147-23-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SNOW"
cik: "0001640147"
company_name: "Snowflake Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T04:37:16.048881+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Snowflake appoints ex-Palo Alto Networks CEO Mark McLaughlin to board; Eschenbach resigns

## Summary
- Carl Eschenbach resigned as director and committee member; not due to any disagreement with Snowflake.
- Mark McLaughlin, ex-Palo Alto Networks CEO and Qualcomm chairman, appointed to board and Compensation Committee.
- Eschenbach enters advisor agreement; receives $75k RSU vesting over one year; outstanding Annual RSU continues to vest.
- Amended director compensation policy: initial RSU of $1M, annual RSU of $300k, and updated cash retainers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001640147-23-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SNOW
- cik: 0001640147
- company_name: Snowflake Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-07T23:59:59+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/1640147/000164014723000044/0001640147-23-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1640147/000164014723000044/snow-20230405.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001640147-23-000044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001640147-23-000044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001640147-23-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark D. McLaughlin was appointed as Class III Director at Snowflake Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On April 5, 2023, the Board, upon recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, appointed Mark D. McLaughlin as a Class III director whose term will expire at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1640147/000164014723000044/0001640147-23-000044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Carl M. Eschenbach resigned as Class III Director at Snowflake Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On April 5, 2023, Carl M. Eschenbach, a Class III director of the Board and a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Compensation Committee ”), provided notice of his resignation as a member of the Board and any committees thereof, effective as of immediately prior to the appointment of his successor to the Board (the “ Effective Time ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1640147/000164014723000044/0001640147-23-000044-index.htm

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