Roxanne Taylor - Director | Pure Storage (PSTG) Executive Profile & Compensation

About Roxanne Taylor

Independent director at Pure Storage (PSTG) since February 2019; age 68; former Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Accenture and Memorial Sloan Kettering; B.A. in Psychology from University of Maryland. She serves on PSTG’s Compensation Committee and chairs the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, with independence affirmed under NYSE rules .

Past Roles

Organization	Role	Tenure	Committees/Impact
Accenture	Chief Marketing & Communications Officer	2007–2018	Led global brand and investor communications; senior marketing leadership
Accenture	Various marketing roles (Managing Director Corp/Financial Comms; Director M&C for Financial Services)	1995–2007	Built go-to-market and investor relations capabilities
Memorial Sloan Kettering	SVP & Chief Marketing & Communications Officer	Feb 2020–Oct 2022	Led healthcare communications transformation
Reuters; Citicorp/Quotron	Corporate communications, IR, senior marketing positions	1989–1995	External comms and IR responsibilities

External Roles

Company	Role	Tenure	Committees
Unisys (NYSE: UIS)	Independent Director	2021–present	Compensation and Human Resources Committee (member); Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee (member)
Thoughtworks (NASDAQ: TWKS)	Director	2021–2024	Not disclosed in PSTG proxy

Board Governance

Committee assignments: PSTG Compensation & Talent Committee (6 meetings in FY2025; all independent); Governance Committee (Taylor as Chair; 4 meetings in FY2025; all independent) .
Independence and attendance: Board majority independent; all directors, including Taylor, attended at least 75% of board/committee meetings in FY2025; executive sessions of non-management and independent directors held regularly .
Governance practices: Stock ownership guidelines (directors: 5× annual cash retainer) with directors meeting or on track; clawback policy for incentive compensation; prohibition on hedging/pledging; annual board evaluations overseen by Governance Committee .
Related-party oversight: Audit Committee reviews related-party transactions; none submitted since the beginning of the last fiscal year .

Fixed Compensation

Component	FY2025 PSTG Director Program	Notes
Annual base retainer (cash)	$55,000	Paid quarterly
Committee chair – Governance	$15,000	Taylor is Governance Chair
Committee member – Compensation	$10,000	Taylor is Compensation member
Meeting fees	None	Not disclosed; program uses retainers
Annual RSU grant	$250,000 grant-date fair value; 4,268 shares	Vests fully at 1-year anniversary; prorated on resignation; new directors receive $600,000 onboarding RSUs with 4-year vest; CoC → immediate vest

Roxanne Taylor – Director Pay	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
Cash fees ($)	$72,500	$80,000	$80,000
Stock awards ($)	$233,611	$319,166	$285,487
Total ($)	$306,111	$399,166	$365,487

Performance Compensation

PSTG does not disclose performance-based components for director equity; annual director RSUs are time-based, vesting after one year (change-of-control accelerates vesting) .

Other Directorships & Interlocks

Area	Detail
External boards	Unisys (Compensation; Nominating & Governance); Thoughtworks (former)
Interlocks/conflicts	PSTG discloses no compensation committee interlocks; none of PSTG’s executives served on other entities’ boards/comp committees during last year; no related-party transactions since last fiscal year
Independence (external)	Unisys notes Taylor as independent; all committees she serves on at Unisys are independent per NYSE standards

Expertise & Qualifications

Deep marketing, brand, investor relations and corporate communications leadership across technology and healthcare; experience with public company disclosure processes; BA in Psychology .
Governance leadership evidenced by chairing PSTG’s Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and participation in director evaluations .

Equity Ownership

Measure	FY2020	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
Direct/common shares	10,298	53,437	73,474	47,200	10,340
Options exercisable (≤60 days)	—	—	—	—	—
RSUs vesting (≤60 days)	1,850	1,850	—	—	4,268
Total beneficial shares	12,148	55,287	73,474	47,200	14,608
% of shares outstanding	<1%	<1%	<1%	<1%	<1%
Unvested RSUs (as of fiscal year-end)	—	—	10,947	8,543	4,268

Ownership guidelines: Directors must hold 5× annual base retainer; company reports all directors met, exceeded, or are on track within required timeframe .
Pledging/hedging: Prohibited under PSTG insider trading policy, reinforcing alignment .

Governance Assessment

Strengths: Independent director; Governance Chair with oversight of board evaluations and refresh; active Compensation Committee member; strong attendance; robust governance policies (clawback, ownership guidelines, anti-hedging/pledging) .
Alignment: Annual RSU grants and ownership guidelines provide equity alignment; however, absolute beneficial ownership is modest vs total shares outstanding, which may limit “skin-in-the-game” signaling compared to higher-owning peers .
Conflicts: No related-party transactions disclosed; no compensation committee interlocks; Unisys service is in unrelated IT services—no disclosed transactional ties to PSTG suppliers/customers; ongoing audit committee review mitigates risk .
Engagement signal: As a Compensation Committee member, Taylor participated in shareholder engagement after a low Say-on-Pay outcome in 2024; PSTG adjusted equity practices and improved pay-for-performance rigor (e.g., FY2025 PSU payout at 73% for executives), reflecting responsiveness to investor feedback .

RED FLAGS

Low absolute share ownership may be viewed as weaker alignment by some investors despite guidelines compliance .

Cross-board commitments (PSTG and Unisys) warrant monitoring for bandwidth; no interlock or RPT concerns disclosed to date .

Positive Signals

Governance leadership (committee chair), strong attendance, and robust policies (clawback, anti-pledging) support board effectiveness and investor confidence .