Gary Merrill named Chief Financial Officer

Geoff Haydon named President of Customer and Field Operations

Company reaffirms fourth quarter and fiscal year 2026 guidance

TINTON FALLS, N.J., April 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Commvault (NASDAQ:CVLT), a global leader in unified resilience at enterprise scale, today announced two leadership appointments, effective immediately, to support the company's continued growth strategy. Both roles report to Commvault's President and CEO Sanjay Mirchandani.

Gary Merrill has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). With more than two decades of experience at Commvault, Merrill spent 15 years in the finance organization, including as CFO from 2022–2024. As CFO, Merrill utilized his financial expertise to transform the company's finance organization, accelerate its successful transition to a durable, high-growth subscription and SaaS business model, and build relationships with the investment community.

Merrill spent the last two years as Commvault's Chief Commercial Officer, leading the Sales and Partner organization, and brings this unique customer-centric mindset to the CFO role.

Geoff Haydon has been appointed President of Customer and Field Operations and will oversee the end-to-end customer experience, from Sales and Partnerships through Customer Support and Success.

Haydon most recently was CEO of cybersecurity company Ontinue, a leading provider of AI-powered managed extended detection and response (MXDR) services which spun out of Open Systems in 2023. Haydon also held go-to-market leadership roles at VMware and Secureworks, focused on revenue and customer operations. He brings deep security expertise to Commvault as the company gains momentum with security-focused customers. Haydon, who has served on Commvault's Board of Directors, will leave the Board to focus on this operating role.