Fortinet, Inc. DEF 14AProxy Statements

Directors / Nominees

Michael Xie. For a brief biography of Mr. Michael Xie, please see “Proposal One — Election of Directors — Information Regarding the Board of Directors and Director Nominees.” Christiane Ohlgart has served as our Chief Financial Officer since May 2025. Ms. Ohlgart previously served as our Chief Accounting Officer from March 2024 until May 2025. Ms. Ohlgart has more than three decades of finance and accounting experience at software and technology companies. Ms. Ohlgart previously served as Chief Financial Officer at IGEL Technology, a secure access operating system developer. Prior to IGEL, she served as VP Finance at Fortinet. Ms. Ohlgart also previously served as SVP Finance and Treasurer at Syapse, Inc., a digital health company, and as VP Finance of Intermedia.net, Inc., a cloud -based communication platform. Before that, Ms. Ohlgart worked at SAP, an enterprise software and services company, for 18 years, in various roles in Germany and the U.S. The last position held there was Chief Financial Officer at SAP SuccessFactors, a global provider of cloud -based human experience management software. Ms. Ohlgart holds a master’s degree in computer science and business administration from the Technical University of Karlsruhe. John Whittle has served as our Chief Operating Officer since January 2024. Mr. Whittle served as our Chief Legal Officer from April 2022 to January 2024, and as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development from January 2019 to January 2024. Mr. Whittle served as our General Counsel from October 2006 to April 2022 and as Vice President of Corporate Development from October 2010 until January 2019. From March 2006 to October 2006, Mr. Whittle was Vice President and General Counsel for Ingres Corporation, an open -source database company formed by a divestiture from Computer Associates. Prior to working at Ingres, from January 2000 to March 2005, Mr. Whittle was Vice President and General Counsel for Corio, Inc., an enterprise application services provider. Mr. Whittle worked from March 2005 to March 2006 with International Business Machines Corporation following its acquisition of Corio. Prior to joining Corio, Mr. Whittle was an attorney at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. from 1996 to 2000, representing technology companies in general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions and initial and follow -on public