TJ Deal is a managing director at Charles Aris Inc., and serves as the firm’s chief growth officer.
After graduating from UNC Chapel Hill in 2014, TJ began his career as an associate recruiter at Charles Aris Executive Search. He then went on to start the Corporate Development Practice in 2019 and was a founding member of the Washington, D.C. office.
In 2023, he became the firm’s managing director and captained the 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.
Since then, TJ has been driving the next chapter of the firm’s Operational Leadership Practice, focused on recruiting COO and president talent for private equity-backed services businesses.
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: St. Louis Blues, Chelsea and the Washington Commanders.
TJ says his transition to CGO has been an organic evolution, and he is excited to help Charles Aris grow and develop far into the future.
Charles Aris announced Aris Amplify in January 2025, a new business dedicated to contingency search projects.
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