
2025 Corporate Development Compensation Report
We’re excited to release our corporate development compensation report, which includes valuable hiring data from real offers we saw Charles Aris clients extend to our candidates in 2024.
TJ Deal is the chief growth officer of Charles Aris Inc and is responsible for leading organic and inorganic growth strategy and execution.
After graduating from UNC Chapel Hill in 2014, TJ began his career as an associate recruiter at the firm. He then went on to start the Corporate Development Practice in 2019, which has since become the industry’s largest such practice, and was a founding member of the Washington, D.C. office.
In 2023, he became the firm’s managing director and captained the historic merger between the corporate development, finance and accounting verticals (today known as the Finance & Corporate Development Practice). He then led the combined practice until being promoted to his current position in 2025.
TJ lives in Pinehurst, North Carolina with his wife Erinn and their two doodles, Archie and Reggie. He enjoys skiing, rowing and rooting on his favorite sports teams: Carolina Hurricanes, Chelsea and the Washington Commanders.
Direct: (336) 217-9154
Email: tj.deal@charlesaris.com
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