GARTNER INC 8-K

What Happened Gartner, Inc. announced on January 29, 2026 that its Board of Directors appointed Daniela Rus and Edward Bousa as directors, effective immediately. With these additions the Board increases to 13 directors, 12 of whom are independent. Professor Rus (age 62) was named to the Governance Committee and Mr. Bousa (age 67) was named to the Audit Committee. Both will receive the same non-employee director compensation as other outside directors, prorated for their appointment date.

Key Details

• Appointment date: January 29, 2026 (effective immediately).
• Board composition: expands to 13 directors; 12 independent.
• Committee assignments: Daniela Rus → Governance Committee; Edward Bousa → Audit Committee.
• Backgrounds: Rus — MIT professor, Director of CSAIL since 2012, MIT Panasonic Professor (since 2025), board member of Symbotic (since Mar 2023). Bousa — former Partner at Wellington Management (retired June 2020), director at Omnicell (since July 2021) and Corebridge Financial (since Aug 2024).
• Compensation: both receive the Company’s standard non-employee director pay, prorated per their start date (as described in Gartner’s 2025 proxy).

Why It Matters The appointments add technical leadership and investment oversight to Gartner’s board: Professor Rus brings deep expertise in computer science, AI, robotics and research leadership; Mr. Bousa brings long-standing asset-management and portfolio oversight experience and audit committee experience. Investors should note the Board’s maintained independence majority and that these are additions (no departures were reported). The changes affect board composition and committee resources, which can influence governance and oversight but do not, by themselves, change Gartner’s financial results.