---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001676238-23-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRZE"
cik: "0001676238"
company_name: "Braze, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T06:30:23.310145+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Braze appoints Fernando Machado to Board of Directors; Matthew Jacobson resigns

## Summary
- Matthew Jacobson resigned as director effective April 4, 2023, not due to any disagreement.
- Fernando Machado appointed as Class I director, term expiring at 2025 annual meeting.
- Machado serves on compensation committee; received initial RSU award of 7,085 shares vesting over 3 years.
- Machado is Global CMO of NotCo, previously CMO at Activision Blizzard and Restaurant Brands International.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001676238-23-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRZE
- cik: 0001676238
- company_name: Braze, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1676238/000167623823000036/0001676238-23-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1676238/000167623823000036/brz-20230404.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001676238-23-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001676238-23-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001676238-23-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Fernando Machado was appointed as director at Braze, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On April 4, 2023, the Board appointed Fernando Machado to serve as a director of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1676238/000167623823000036/0001676238-23-000036-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Jacobson resigned as director at Braze, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: On April 4, 2023, Matthew Jacobson, a director of Braze, Inc. (the “ Company ”), notified the Company’s board of directors (the “ Board ”) that he is resigning from his position as a member of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1676238/000167623823000036/0001676238-23-000036-index.htm

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