Carolyn Herzog is a board director and C-suite executive with over 25 years of broad technology experience in multinational companies, having worked across the United States and in other countries. Currently, Herzog is chief legal officer and company secretary of Elastic (NYSE: ESTC). For Elastic, Herzog is responsible globally for all legal, regulatory, compliance, and public affairs matters and provides strategic counsel to the CEO, board, and leadership team on a broad range of corporate, commercial, and regulatory issues. Elastic is headquartered in the Netherlands and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Prior to Elastic, Herzog was the executive vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary, and chief compliance officer (CCO) for Arm Ltd. Before Arm, Herzog was the vice president, deputy general counsel, and CCO for Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), which she joined through the acquisition of Axent Technologies Inc., where she led the transaction as general counsel. Prior to her legal career, Herzog worked in the Africa Department of the World Bank in Washington, DC.

Herzog has served on a number of nonprofit, advisory, and subsidiary boards. She has been recognized numerous times for her business leadership, most recently as part of the NACD Directorship 100™, “50 Women to Watch for Boards” by 50/50 Women on Boards, and the “Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology” by the National Diversity Awards.