---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001447669-23-000075"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TWLO"
cik: "0001447669"
company_name: "TWILIO INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T09:09:07.361032+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Twilio appoints Microsoft EVP Charlie Bell to board; director Dalzell not standing for re-election

## Summary
- Charlie Bell, Microsoft EVP of Security, Compliance, Identity, and Management, appointed to Twilio board effective March 28, 2023.
- Bell previously SVP at AWS for over two decades; will receive initial RSU grant of ~$575,000 vesting over three years.
- Richard Dalzell will not stand for re-election at 2023 Annual Meeting; no disagreement with company.
- Board size temporarily increased to 10, will revert to 9 after annual meeting; eight of nine directors independent.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001447669-23-000075
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TWLO
- cik: 0001447669
- company_name: TWILIO INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1447669/000144766923000075/0001447669-23-000075-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1447669/000144766923000075/twlo-20230327.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001447669-23-000075
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001447669-23-000075.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001447669-23-000075.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard Dalzell departed as Director at TWILIO INC.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 27, 2023, Richard Dalzell notified Twilio Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to not stand for re-election as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1447669/000144766923000075/0001447669-23-000075-index.htm
- Executive change
  Charles Bell was appointed as Director at TWILIO INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 28, 2023, the Board, upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Charles Bell to the Board as a Class I director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1447669/000144766923000075/0001447669-23-000075-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.