Navan on January 28, 2026 announced the appointment of Shai Weiss to its Board of Directors, effective immediately, January 28, 2026. The Board also appointed Mr. Weiss to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board. Mr. Weiss, age 57, is an experienced executive and board member with an extensive background in the travel, technology, and financial sectors.
Weiss served as Virgin Atlantic?s CEO from January 2019 until December 2025 and was an Executive Director of its Board starting in 2014. Weiss joined Virgin Atlantic as Chief Financial Officer in 2014 and later served as Chief Commercial Officer before being named CEO. Weiss facilitated Delta Air Lines?
acquisition of Singapore Airlines? 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic and the formation of a $17 billion transatlantic joint venture with Delta and Air France-KLM, with Virgin Atlantic as a founding member. He achieved record performance during his tenure and guided Virgin Atlantic successfully through the pandemic.
Before joining the Virgin Group in 2006, he held several senior management positions at ntl:Telewest (now Virgin Media O2), the U.K. and Europe?s largest cable operator, and he was a member of the Morgan Stanley Technology Investment Banking team in London. With Weiss? appointment, Navan?s Board of Directors expands to ten.
He joins an esteemed group that includes Ben Horowitz, Arif Janmohamed, Mike Kourey, Clara Liang, Sandesh Patnam, Anré Williams, Oren Zeev, and Navan?s co-founders, Ariel Cohen and Ilan Twig. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Baruch College and his Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School. Mr. Weiss previously served on the board of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. from November 2018 to September 2025 and served on the UK Prime Minister's Business Council.
