Box Inc: hires vice president, finance and chief accounting officer

What happened Box, Inc. filed an 8-K reporting that on Sep 30, 2026 Omer Yuhjtman accepted an offer to join the company as vice president, finance and chief accounting officer, commencing Oct 19, 2026. Mr. Yuhjtman will succeed Eli Berkovitch, who informed the company of his intention to resign effective Oct 23, 2026, and Mr. Yuhjtman will assume the role of principal accounting officer. Mr. Yuhjtman, age 40, most recently served as controller at Lambda, Inc. since Jun 2026 and previously held roles at Confluent, Inc. and at Box from Jun 2016 to Dec 2025; he is a Certified Public Accountant in California.

Key details

• Annual base salary of $330,000.
• Eligible for a discretionary, pro-rated annual bonus of up to 35% of annual base salary.
• Restricted stock units covering 80,000 shares of Class A common stock, vesting over 4 years.
• Start date Oct 19, 2026; current chief accounting officer Eli Berkovitch intends to resign effective Oct 23, 2026.

Why it may matter This was reported under Item 5.02 (departure of directors or certain officers), which covers appointments and resignations of officers. The filing does not show why the insider traded or why the company acted.