---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-012507"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBDC"
cik: "0001379785"
company_name: "Barings BDC, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T23:43:12.622218+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Barings BDC appoints Matthew Freund as President following Ian Fowler's resignation

## Summary
- Ian Fowler resigned as President effective March 8, 2024; Board appointed Matthew Freund effective March 10, 2024.
- Matthew Freund, 35, also serves as President of Barings Private Credit Corporation and Barings Capital Investment Corporation.
- North American Private Finance Investment Committee now interim members: Terry Harris, Bryan High, Tyler Gately.
- European and Asia-Pacific committees interim members: Terry Harris, Bryan High, Stuart Mathieson.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-012507
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBDC
- cik: 0001379785
- company_name: Barings BDC, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000114036124012507/0001140361-24-012507-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000114036124012507/ef20023842_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-012507
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-012507.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-012507.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Freund was appointed as President at Barings BDC, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: On March 8, 2024, Ian Fowler resigned from his position as President of Barings BDC, Inc. (the “Company”), effective immediately, to pursue other business opportunities and, after his resignation, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Matthew Freund as President of the Company, effective March 10, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000114036124012507/0001140361-24-012507-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ian Fowler resigned as President at Barings BDC, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President
  source text: On March 8, 2024, Ian Fowler resigned from his position as President of Barings BDC, Inc. (the “Company”), effective immediately, to pursue other business opportunities and, after his resignation, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Matthew Freund as President of the Company, effective March 10, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379785/000114036124012507/0001140361-24-012507-index.htm

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