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Navan Executive Compensation (FY26)
NAVN · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2025 to 2026
Chief executive, fiscal 2026 ◇ Ariel Cohen |
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Data as of October 2, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): May 12, 2026
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What changed from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026
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Chief executive total compensation — Ariel Cohen: $1,630,623 → $18,228,646
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Who is Navan's chief executive and what were they paid?
Ariel Cohen, Chief Executive Officer and Director, received $18,228,646 in total compensation for fiscal 2026. Cohen's total was up from the $1,630,623 reported for fiscal 2025.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ariel Cohen Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Ilan Twig Chief Technology Officer and Director | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2026
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amy Butte Former Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ariel Cohen Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Ilan Twig Chief Technology Officer and Director | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Anne Giviskos Former Interim Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2026 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariel Cohen | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 4/23/2035 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 4/13/2032 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 4/12/2033 | |
| Amy Butte | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 10/29/2035 |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Ilan Twig | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 4/23/2035 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 4/23/2035 | |
| Anne Giviskos | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 7/6/2035 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2026
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shai Weiss | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Ben Horowitz Lead independent director | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Michael Kourey | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Clara Liang | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Anré Williams | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Sandesh Patnam | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Oren Zeev | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Ilan Twig, Ariel Cohen and Arif Janmohamed served on the board in fiscal 2026 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board chair premium | ◇ |
| Lead independent director premium | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
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- Ariel Cohen (Chief Executive Officer and Director), FY2026 total compensation $18,228,646 (base salary $1,002,308) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001628280-26-034089, filed 2026-05-12]What this page does not include
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- 0001628280-26-034089Non-Employee Director Compensation
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}