Deel's board and senior executives

analysisDeel's first Form D notice, signed by Alex Bouaziz as chief executive on 2 June 2020, lists four related persons: Alex Bouaziz as executive officer, director and promoter; Philippe Bouaziz as director and promoter, not marked as an executive officer; Shuo Wang as executive officer and director; and Anish Acharya as director. The notice of 15 February 2023 adds Yasmin Razavi, Ali Rowghani and Franck Cohen. That of 26 December 2024 lists both Bouaziz men as executive officers, directors and promoters, Wang as executive officer and director, and Acharya, Francis deSouza, Todd Ford and Cohen as directors; Razavi and Rowghani are no longer among the related persons. ^{1 2 3}

analysisTwo seats came with funding rounds. Andreessen Horowitz led the $14 million Series A in May 2020 and its general partner Acharya was to join the board; the firm's own page lists Deel among his boards. Spark Capital led the $30 million Series B announced in September 2020, and its general partner Razavi joined the board, according to the announcement as reported at the time. ^{4 5 6 7}

analysisDeel announced on its blog that Todd Ford had joined its board, describing him as a former joint president and chief financial officer of Coupa Software for eight years and a board member of HashiCorp, 8x8 and Arctic Wolf; the retained copy of the post is undated, and Ford already appears as a director in the December 2024 notice. An executive-data provider lists Franck Cohen, a former president of SAP Digital Core & Industry Solutions, as a board member, and a business-network profile describes him as chairman of GoCardless, CYE and Nomadia. ^{8 9 10}

analysisDan Westgarth is Deel's chief operating officer, responsible for global operations including payroll operations and compliance; his published biography says he previously held senior leadership roles at Revolut. In the months before November 2025 Deel appointed Harish Sharma as chief risk officer, Anthony Luis Rodriguez as chief compliance officer and DeAnn Work as general counsel, saying the appointments prepared it for future opportunities in the public markets. ^{1 2}

analysisIn November 2025 Deel appointed Joe Kauffman, formerly chief financial officer and later chief executive of Credit Karma, as president and chief financial officer, and said Philippe Bouaziz, its chief financial officer since its founding, was moving into the new role of executive chairman and chief strategy officer. Deel's leadership page now describes him as a founder partner responsible for corporate strategy and capital allocation, and as its former chief financial officer responsible for finance and mergers and acquisitions. ^{3 2 4}