---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001676238-24-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRZE"
cik: "0001676238"
company_name: "Braze, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:50:45.062297+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Braze appoints Yvonne Wassenaar to board; Doug Pepper resigns

## Summary
- Doug Pepper resigned from Braze's board and audit committee effective June 3, 2024, not due to any disagreement.
- Yvonne Wassenaar appointed as Class II director, term through 2026 annual meeting; also joins audit committee.
- Wassenaar receives initial RSU award of 5,439 shares, $30k annual retainer plus $10k for audit committee service.
- Annual RSU valued at $175k granted at each annual meeting; unvested awards accelerate upon change of control.
- Wassenaar previously CEO of Puppet and Airware; serves on boards of Arista, Forrester, JFrog, Rubrik.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001676238-24-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRZE
- cik: 0001676238
- company_name: Braze, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-03T23:59:59+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/1676238/000167623824000087/0001676238-24-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1676238/000167623824000087/brz-20240603.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001676238-24-000087
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001676238-24-000087.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001676238-24-000087.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Yvonne Wassenaar was appointed as Director at Braze, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective June 3, 2024, the Board appointed Yvonne Wassenaar to serve as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1676238/000167623824000087/0001676238-24-000087-index.htm
- Executive change
  Doug Pepper resigned as Director at Braze, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective June 3, 2024 , Doug Pepper , a director of Braze, Inc., or the Company, resigned from his position as a member of the Company’s board of directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1676238/000167623824000087/0001676238-24-000087-index.htm

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