Workiva Inc. announced the appointment of two new independent directors to its Board of Directors. The company announced the appointment of Scott Herren, former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cisco and current Board member and Audit Committee Chair at Rubrik, and Mark Peek, former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Co-President of Workday and current Board member at SentinelOne and Trimble, as independent directors to its Board of Directors. As CFO of Cisco, Herren led finance and procurement, alongside operational leadership responsibilities such as corporate development and acquisition integration functions from 2020 to 2025.
Prior to Cisco, Herren was CFO at Autodesk for six years, where he was instrumental in orchestrating Autodesk?s business model transformation. He led the company?s global financial strategy including operations, corporate development, financial systems, tax and treasury, as well as the company?s procurement organizations. Prior to Autodesk, Herren held both finance and operational leadership roles across 14 years at Citrix Systems. Effective March 2, 2026, Herren will join Workiva?s Board of Directors as an independent director, with a term ending at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2026.
Peek most recently served as Executive Vice President at Workday, from 2018 until May 2025. During his thirteen-year tenure, he held several pivotal operational roles, including Co-President, Chief Financial Officer, and Managing Director of Workday Ventures. Previously, Peek served as President of Business Operations and CFO at VMware, following seven years as Chief Accounting Officer at Amazon.
He began his career with a 19-year tenure at Deloitte, including a decade as an audit partner. Effective June 1, 2026, Peek will join Workiva?s Board of Directors as an independent director, with a term ending at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2027. David Mulcahy, Lead Independent Director and a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees, resigned from the Workiva Board of Directors, effective January 27, 2026.
With this departure and the addition of both Herren and Peek, the Workiva board will consist of eight directors. Independent directors of Workiva?s board appointed Suku Radia as the new Lead Independent Director.
