---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-105941"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSDL"
cik: "0001782524"
company_name: "Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund"
filed_at: "2023-10-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T06:27:22.050416+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Venugopal Rathi resigns; COO Orit Mizrachi named interim CFO

## Summary
- Venugopal Rathi resigned as CFO effective Oct 2, 2023 to pursue other professional opportunities; no disagreement with company.
- Board appointed Orit Mizrachi, current COO, as interim CFO effective Oct 2, 2023.
- Mizrachi has been COO since Oct 2019 and Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management since Jan 2023.
- Mizrachi previously served as COO and interim CFO at Carlyle Group's BDCs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-105941
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSDL
- cik: 0001782524
- company_name: Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
- filed_at: 2023-10-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000110465923105941/0001104659-23-105941-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000110465923105941/tm2327375d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-105941
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-105941.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-105941.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Orit Mizrachi was appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer at Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 2, 2023, the Board appointed Orit Mizrachi, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, as interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective October 2, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000110465923105941/0001104659-23-105941-index.htm
- Executive change
  Venugopal Rathi resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 2, 2023, Venugopal Rathi notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (the “Company”) of his resignation as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer in order to pursue other professional opportunities.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000110465923105941/0001104659-23-105941-index.htm

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