{"url_path":"/sec/nice/10-k/2026/item-6a","section_key":"item-6a","section_title":"Item 6A Directors and Senior Management.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"20-F","doc_date":"2026-02-26","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003935/0001003935-26-000010-index.html","accession_number":"0001003935-26-000010","cik":"0001003935","ticker":"NICE","issuer_name":"NICE Ltd.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1003935/0001003935-26-000010-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001003935","primary_entity_name":"NICE Ltd."},"word_count":3078,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 6A.    Directors and Senior Management.\n\nThe following tables set forth, as of February 18, 2026, the name, age and position of each of our directors and executive officers and, in regard to our directors, any of the committees of our Board of Directors on which they serve and whether any such director is an external director:\n\nMembers of the Board of Directors\n\nNameAgePositionAudit Committee MemberCompensation Committee Member\nInternal Audit and ESG Committee Member\nMergers and Acquisitions Committee Member\nNominating Committee Member\n\nExternal Director*\n\nDavid Kostman61Chairman of the Board of DirectorsXX\n\nRimon Ben-Shaoul81DirectorXX\n\nDan Falk81DirectorXXXXXX\n\nYocheved Dvir73DirectorXXXX\n\nLeo Apotheker72DirectorXX\n\nJoe Cowan77DirectorXX\n\nZehava Simon67DirectorXXXX\n\nCaroline Tsay\n44\nDirector\n\n*See Item 6, “Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Board Practices— External Directors.”\n\n61\n\nMembers of Management\n\nNameAgePosition\n\nScott Russell\n52Chief Executive Officer\n\nBeth Gaspich60Chief Financial Officer\n\nJeff Comstock\n56\n President, Product & Technology\n\nArun Chandra\n64\nChief Operating Officer\n\nCraig Costigan65\nChief Executive Officer, NiCE Actimize\n\nDan Belanger\n61\nPresident, CX Americas\n\nDarren Rushworth58\nPresident, CX International\n\nAwan Roy55\nVice President, Head of NiCE India\n\nShiri Neder50Executive Vice President, Human Resources\n\nAlon Levy\n52\nVice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary\n\nUdi Dayan\n44Vice President, Corporate Finance\n\nDavid Kostman has served as one of our directors since 2001 (with the exception of the period between June 2007 and July 2008), and as our Chairman of the Board since February 2013. Mr. Kostman is currently CEO and board member of publicly traded Teads Holding Co. Mr. Kostman previously served as a board member of publicly traded Unity Inc, Retalix Ltd. (acquired by NCR) and several privately held companies. Mr. Kostman was formerly a Managing Director of Lehman Brothers, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Delta Galil USA, a subsidiary of the publicly traded Delta Galil Industries Ltd. and President of the International Division and Chief Operating Officer of publicly traded VerticalNet Inc. Mr. Kostman worked in the Investment Banking Division of Lehman Brothers and also NM Rothschild & Sons focusing on the technology and internet sectors. Mr. Kostman holds a LLB in Law from Tel Aviv University and M.B.A. in Business Administration from INSEAD.\n\n62\n\nRimon Ben-Shaoul has served as one of our directors since September 2001. Between 2001 and 2005, Mr. Ben-Shaoul served as Co-Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Koonras Technologies Ltd., a technology investment company controlled by LEADER Ltd., an Israeli holding company. Since 2002 Mr. Ben-Shaoul has served as Chairman of Grand AutoMotive LLP, a private company. Mr. Ben-Shaoul also served as a director of MIND C.T.I. Ltd., BVR Systems Ltd. and several private companies. In addition, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Polar Communications Ltd., which manages media and communications investments. Mr. Ben-Shaoul also served as the Chairman of T.A.T Technologies Ltd., a public company listed on Nasdaq and TASE. Between 1997 and 2001, Mr. Ben-Shaoul was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Clal Industries and Investments Ltd., one of the largest holding companies in Israel with substantial holdings in the high-tech industry. During that time, Mr. Ben-Shaoul also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Clal Electronics Industries Ltd., Scitex Corporation Ltd., and various other companies within the Clal Group. Mr. Ben-Shaoul also served as a director of ECI Telecom Ltd., Fundtech Ltd., Creo Products, Inc. and Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. From 1985 to 1997, Mr. Ben-Shaoul was President and Chief Executive Officer of Clal Insurance Company Ltd. and a director of the company and its various subsidiaries. Mr. Ben-Shaoul holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Statistics and a Master’s degree in Business Administration, both from Tel-Aviv University.\n\nDan Falk has served as one of our external directors since 2001. Mr. Falk is currently a board member and the Chair of the audit committee of each of Innoviz Technologies Ltd. and Evogene Ltd. Mr. Falk also served on the board of directors of each of Attunity Ltd. and Orbotech Ltd. and until recently also served on the board of directors of Ormat Technologies Inc. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Falk was President and Chief Operating Officer of Sapiens International Corporation N.V. From 1985 to 1999, Mr. Falk served in various positions in Orbotech Ltd., the last of which was Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. From 1973 to 1985, he served in several executive positions in the Israel Discount Bank. Mr. Falk holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science and a Master’s degree in Business Administration, both from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.\n\nYocheved Dvir has served as one of our external directors since January 2008. Since 2000, Ms. Dvir has served as a strategic advisor in business development affairs to multiple companies and initiatives. Ms. Dvir also serves on the board of directors of Harel Insurance. She previously served on the board of directors of Menorah Insurance Company, Xenia Venture Capital, Endey Med, Alrov Real Estate, Visa Cal, Trendline Business Information & Communications Ltd., Israel Corporation Ltd., ECI Telecom Ltd., Strauss Industries Ltd., Phoenix Holding and Phoenix Insurance Co. Between 1990 and 2000, Ms. Dvir served as a Senior Vice President of the Migdal Group. Ms. Dvir joined the Migdal Group in 1981 and, until late 2000, held a number of senior financial and managerial positions, including Head of the Group’s Economics Department (1986-1988), Head of the Group’s Corporate Office from 1989 to 1992, Head of the Group’s General Insurance Division and Corporate Office from 1993 to 1997, Group CFO from 1997 to 1999, and Head of the Group’s Strategic Development Division and Marketing Array and Risk Manager in 2000. Ms. Dvir holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Haifa and completed studies towards a second degree in Statistics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.\n\nLeo Apotheker has served as one of our directors since August 2013. Mr. Apotheker is currently chairman of the board of privately held BSI AG, Syncron AB, Harvest and Eudonet. Mr. Apotheker was a member of the board of Schneider SE and the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Burgundy Technology Acquisition Corp until recently and the Managing Partner and co-founder of Efficiency Capital SAS, a growth capital advisory firm from 2012 to 2014. From 2010 to 2011, Mr. Apotheker served as Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard. From 2008 to 2010, he served as Chief Executive Officer of SAP AG. Mr. Apotheker also previously served as the chairman of the board of Unit4, a leading Dutch software company and a member of the board of Taulia Inc. Mr. Apotheker holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.\n\nJoe Cowan has served as one of our directors since August 2013. Mr. Cowan is currently a director of Auburn University Foundation, StartProto and MachineMetrics, both private entities. Until recently, Mr. Cowan served as a director of Drishti Technologies Inc, ChannelAdvisor, Inc., and SAI Global. From 2013 until 2017, Mr. Cowan was the CEO and director of Epicor. During 2013, Mr. Cowan also served as President of DataDirect Networks, Inc. He also served as a director of DataDirect Networks, Inc. between 2011 and 2013. From 2010 until 2013, Mr. Cowan served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Online Resources Corp. During 2009, he served as an Operating Executive and Consultant at Vector Capital. From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Cowan served as the Chief Executive Officer of Interwoven Inc. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Cowan served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Manugistics Inc. and Manugistics Group Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Cowan served in various senior executive positions, including as the Chief Operating Officer of Baan Co. NV and Avantis GOB NV. Mr. Cowan has also served on the board of directors of Blackboard Inc., as well as several private companies. Mr. Cowan holds an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University and holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University.\n\n63\n\nZehava Simon has served as one of our external directors since July 2015. Ms. Simon served as a Vice President of BMC Software Inc. from 2000 until 2013, most recently as Vice President of Corporate Development. From 2002 to 2011, Ms. Simon also served as Vice President and General Manager of BMC Software in Israel. Prior to that, Ms. Simon held various positions at Intel Israel, which she joined in 1982, including acting as leader of Finance and Operations and Business Development for Intel in Israel. Ms. Simon is currently a board member of Audiocodes Ltd. and Nova Ltd., both public companies traded on Nasdaq and TASE. Ms. Simon is a former member of the board of directors of Insightec Ltd., M-Systems Ltd. (acquired by SanDisk Corp.), Tower Semiconductor Ltd. and Amiad Water Systems, a public company traded on the London Stock Exchange. Ms. Simon holds a B.A. in Social Sciences from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, a law degree (LL.B.) from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya and an M.A. in Business and Management from Boston University.\n\nCaroline Tsay has served as one of our directors since September 2025. Ms. Tsay has been a director of Semrush Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SEMR) since May 2025, a director of The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) since April 2018 and a director of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) since May 2017. She served as Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Compute Software, Inc., a Mountain View, California-based cloud optimization software company that she co-founded, from January 2017 to November 2022. Ms. Tsay previously served as a director of Rosetta Stone Inc. from December 2014 to July 2018, and as a director of Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ: TZOO) from August 2015 to May 2017. Ms. Tsay served as Vice President and General Manager of Software at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE: HPE). Prior to HPE, Ms. Tsay held six years of product leadership roles across the consumer search, e-commerce, and advertising businesses at Yahoo! Inc. Prior to joining Yahoo! in 2007, she spent three years at IBM Global Services as a senior consultant in supply chain and customer relationship management. Ms. Tsay remains active in the technology industry as an investor in venture capital funds and serves as an advisor to venture capital backed companies. Ms. Tsay earned a B.S. in computer science and an M.S. in management science and engineering, both from Stanford University.\n\nScott Russell has served as our Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2025. Mr. Russell has more than two decades of global enterprise technology leadership roles. Mr. Russell spent 14 years at SAP, where he held a series of senior leadership roles spanning regional, commercial, and executive responsibilities, including in the areas of customer relationships and AI-centric platforms and operating models. Most recently, he served on SAP’s Executive Board as Global Chief Revenue Officer, overseeing the company’s worldwide sales organization, partner ecosystem, and customer engagement strategy. Earlier in his tenure, he led SAP’s Asia Pacific Japan region and later served as Chairman of SAP North America, managing operations across diverse international and mature markets. Mr. Russell has also served as Chairman of Taulia following its acquisition by SAP and previously served on the Board of Directors of Qualtrics. Throughout his career, he has been recognized for driving sustainable growth, operational discipline, and customer centric transformation at scale. Mr. Russell holds a Bachelor of Computer and Information Science from Federation University Australia and a postgraduate degree in business from Deakin University, Geelong Campus, Australia.\n\nBeth Gaspich has served as our Chief Financial Officer since October 2016. Ms. Gaspich joined NiCE as CFO of the Financial Crime and Compliance division NiCE Actimize in September 2011, where she was responsible for finance, legal and business operations. Prior to joining NiCE, she was Chief Financial Officer for Archive Systems, Inc., a privately held document management software provider. She also served as Vice President of Finance at RiskMetrics Group, Inc., a cloud-based risk management software company. Ms. Gaspich was one of the founding members of RiskMetrics Group and assisted in taking the company through a successful public offering on the NYSE in January 2008. Prior to that, Ms. Gaspich held several other senior positions throughout her career at large global financial institutions, including JP Morgan and Price Waterhouse. Ms. Gaspich holds a B.A. in Accounting from the University of Missouri.\n\nJeff Comstock has served as our President, Product & Technology since October 2025. He has more than two decades of experience in product leadership, launching and scaling innovative products for enterprise customers. Before joining NiCE, Mr. Comstock spent 25 years at Microsoft where he most recently served as Corporate Vice President responsible for Customer Experience applications within Microsoft Dynamics 365. In this role, he oversaw a multi-billion-dollar global product portfolio spanning Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, and Contact Center. Mr. Comstock holds an MBA with High Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.\n\nArun Chandra has served as our COO since December 2025. Prior to joining NiCE, Mr. Chandra served as SVP of Customer Experience at Disney where he led the modernization of the global customer experience function. Previously, Mr. Chandra served as Vice President of Scaled Operations at Meta where he built a companywide shared service leveraging a range of operational, analytical, and technology functions. Prior to that, Mr. Chandra served as SVP of Global Operations at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) where he led customer, partner, and supply chain operations and also established HPE’s\n\n64\n\njoint venture in China, serving as its Executive Chairman. Mr. Chandra has also served as CEO for multiple public and private technology companies, including SumTotal Systems, NorthPlains Systems, and iPolicy Networks. Mr. Chandra holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology and The Ohio State University respectively and an MBA from Santa Clara University.\n\nCraig Costigan has served as NiCE Actimize CEO since November 2018. From 2016 to 2018, he served as President of Capital Markets & Credit at Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS), where he managed a team of approximately 4,000 staff worldwide, overseeing risk, compliance, credit, securities finance, securities processing and market data solutions and services for over 2,000 banks, broker dealers, investment firms, hedge funds, insurance companies and clients in the financial market. Prior to that, Mr. Costigan served as President of the Risk, Compliance and Global Securities Business at SunGard. Mr. Costigan holds a BS in Economics from Northeastern University.\n\nDan Belanger has served as our President, NiCE Americas since July 1, 2024. Prior to his current position, Mr. Belanger served as Sales Director and General Manager for Telecom, Media & Entertainment, Sports and Games industry accounts at Amazon Web Services (AWS) for North America (Amazon Global Sales). Prior to joining AWS in 2020, Mr. Belanger served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Hewlett Packard Enterprise, North America leading sales, pre-sales engineering, services, operations and field channel teams. Mr. Belanger graduated Cum Laude from Assumption College, Worcester Massachusetts.\n\nDarren Rushworth has been with NiCE since 2017 and serves as our President, CX International since April 2022. Previously he served as President of NiCE APAC. Mr. Rushworth’s career spans over 30 years in the IT industry of which the past 21 years have been in the Asia Pacific Region. Prior to joining NiCE, Mr. Rushworth held the role of Managing Director of Singapore for SAP Asia Pacific and he also led SAP’s Philippine and Emerging Market operations. Prior to that, Mr. Rushworth held multiple leadership roles at Oracle including VP Applications Sales APAC, VP Channels and VP Oracle Direct APAC.\n\nAwan Roy has served as our Vice President, Head of NiCE India GTC since March 2021. From 2007 to 2020 Mr. Roy served as Sr Director, R&D and India Site Head at Varian Medical Systems where he established the India center, growing it into a global Center of Excellence for Infrastructure and Informatics software. Prior to that, Mr. Roy served as Sr Manager at Siemens Healthineers where he led the development of several medical software products and platforms. Mr. Roy holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Delhi and a Masters' degree in Computer Science from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya.\n\nShiri Neder has served as our Executive Vice President, Human Resources since February 2018. Prior to joining NiCE, Ms. Neder was the Corporate Vice President, Head of Human Resources at Nova Measuring Instruments. Prior to that, Ms. Neder worked at Amdocs as Vice President, Human Resources for the Product and Delivery organizations and served as head of Amdocs’ Talent Development organization. In addition, Ms. Neder has held positions at Microsoft where she established the Human Resources function for the Telecom division as well as served as Regional Senior Human Resources Manager for the EMEA region. Ms. Neder holds a B.A. in Social Science and an M.A. in Law from Bar Ilan University.\n\nAlon Levy has served as our Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since June 2025. From 2015 to 2025, he served in various legal leadership roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), an enterprise technology company, including as Director and Associate General Counsel for Latin America and Southern Europe. Between 2006 and 2014, Mr. Levy worked at Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT), a satellite communications company, including as Gilat’s Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary between 2012 and 2014. He holds an LL.B from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is admitted to practice law in Israel.\n\nUdi Dayan has served as our Vice President, Corporate Finance since August 2025. Between 2022 and August 2025, Mr. Dayan served as Vice President of Accounting and Finance Operations for NiCE, where he led global teams in corporate accounting, revenues, M&A, tax accounting and finance operations. Between 2011 and 2021, Mr. Dayan held several positions at Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd, most recently as VP Finance & Controller, Europe, where he led all accounting departments and Teva's financial shared service centers in Europe. In addition, Mr. Dayan held positions at KPMG in Israel, as a Senior Associate. Mr. Dayan is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds an MBA in Finance and BA in Accounting from the College of Management.\n\nWe are not party to, and are not aware of, any arrangements or understandings with major shareholders, customers, suppliers or others, pursuant to which any individual was selected as a director or member of senior management, as the case may be. In addition, there are no family relationships between any of the directors or members of senior management named above.\n\n65"}