Elastic announced that its shareholders elected Paul Auvil to its board of directors at the 2023 annual general meeting of shareholders that took place earlier October 5, 2023. The term of office for Mr. Auvil will expire at the end of the 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders. Mr. Auvil will bring more than 35 years of finance, technology, and corporate leadership experience to the Elastic Board of Directors.

He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Proofpoint Inc., from March 2007 until March 2023. From September 2006 to March 2007, he was an entrepreneur-in-residence at Benchmark Capital. From August 2002 to July 2006, he served as the Chief Financial Officer at VMware Inc. Mr. Auvil has previously served on the boards of One Medical, OpenTV, Marin Software, and Quantum Corporation.