Item 5.02 Departure of Certain Officers; Appointment of Certain Officers.
Appointment of Chief Executive Officer
On November 28, 2022, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Zendesk, Inc. (the
"Company") appointed Tom Eggemeier as Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
effective as of November 28, 2022.
Mr. Eggemeier, age 50, previously served as partner at the private equity firm
Permira, where he was head of the firm's Menlo Park, CA office and focused on
investing and value creation in the technology sector. Prior to joining Permira,
Mr. Eggemeier was the President of Genesys, a Permira fund portfolio company and
leader in omnichannel customer experience and contact center software. Mr.
Eggemeier holds a B.A. from the University of Dayton and a J.D. from the
University of Chicago Law School.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Eggemeier and any other
persons pursuant to which he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer. There are
also no family relationships between Mr. Eggemeier and the executive officers or
directors of the Company, and no transactions involving the Company and Mr.
Eggemeier that the Company would be required to report pursuant to Item 404(a)
of Regulation S-K.
Appointment of Acting Chief Financial Officer
On November 28, 2022, the Board appointed Julie Swinney as acting Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of December 2, 2022.
Ms. Swinney, age 51, is an accomplished executive with more than 25 years of
finance, operations, mergers & acquisitions and global business scale experience
across software and hardware. Prior to being appointed as acting Chief
Financial Officer, Ms. Swinney served as Senior Vice President of Finance and
Strategy at the Company. In addition, Ms. Swinney previously served as Vice
President of Corporate Strategy, Planning and Reporting, Chief Audit Executive
and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cloud and Enterprise Data
Center business, in each case, of Intel.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Swinney and any other
persons pursuant to which she was appointed as acting Chief Financial Officer.
There are also no family relationships between Ms. Swinney and the executive
officers or directors of the Company, and no transactions involving the Company
and Ms. Swinney that the Company would be required to report pursuant to Item
404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Resignation of Chief Executive Officer
Mikkel Svane has resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the
Company. The Company confirms that the final day of employment for Mr. Svane was
November 28, 2022.
Resignation of Chief Financial Officer
Shelagh Glaser has resigned from her position as Chief Financial Officer of the
Company. The Company confirms that the final day of employment for Ms. Glaser
was December 1, 2022.
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