---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-024489"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RWAY"
cik: "0001653384"
company_name: "Runway Growth Finance Corp."
filed_at: "2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T15:46:06.064428+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Runway Growth Finance expands board to eight, appoints new chair and three independent directors

## Summary
- John Engel resigned as director effective March 21, 2025; no disagreement with company operations.
- Board expanded from five to eight directors; new directors elected effective March 21, 2025.
- Ted Goldthorpe appointed as Chair of the Board; he is an interested director and CEO of BC Partners Lending Corp.
- Jennifer Kwon Chou (independent) named chair of nominating and corporate governance committee.
- Robert Warshauer (independent) named chair of audit committee; Alexander Duka (independent) named chair of compensation committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-024489
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RWAY
- cik: 0001653384
- company_name: Runway Growth Finance Corp.
- filed_at: 2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653384/000110465925024489/0001104659-25-024489-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653384/000110465925024489/tm259526d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ted Goldthorpe was appointed as Chair of the Board at Runway Growth Finance Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: Mr. Goldthorpe was also appointed as the chair of the Board, effective March 21, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653384/000110465925024489/0001104659-25-024489-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jennifer Kwon Chou was elected as Director at Runway Growth Finance Corp..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 13, 2025, the Board elected Jennifer Kwon Chou as an independent director, effective March 21, 2025, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Engel’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653384/000110465925024489/0001104659-25-024489-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Engel resigned as Director at Runway Growth Finance Corp..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: By correspondence dated March 13, 2025, John Engel informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Runway Growth Finance Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), of his intent to resign as a director of the Company, effective March 21, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653384/000110465925024489/0001104659-25-024489-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alexander Duka was elected as Director at Runway Growth Finance Corp..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 13, 2025, the Board also elected Robert Warshauer and Alexander Duka as independent directors, and Ted Goldthorpe as an interested director, each effective March 21, 2025, to fill the vacancies created in connection with the Board’s decision to increase the size of the Board from five directors to eight directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653384/000110465925024489/0001104659-25-024489-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert Warshauer was elected as Director at Runway Growth Finance Corp..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 13, 2025, the Board also elected Robert Warshauer and Alexander Duka as independent directors, and Ted Goldthorpe as an interested director, each effective March 21, 2025, to fill the vacancies created in connection with the Board’s decision to increase the size of the Board from five directors to eight directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653384/000110465925024489/0001104659-25-024489-index.htm

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