---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-022383"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001834543"
company_name: "BlackRock Direct Lending Corp."
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:40:26.035072+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BlackRock Direct Lending appoints Ariel Hazzard as Chief Compliance Officer

## Summary
- Ariel Hazzard appointed CCO effective April 24, 2024, succeeding Charles Park.
- Hazzard currently serves as a Director of BlackRock, Inc. and was previously VP and Associate.
- Charles Park steps down as CCO due to expanding roles elsewhere in BlackRock.
- Park continues as CCO of BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors and other BlackRock funds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-022383
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001834543
- company_name: BlackRock Direct Lending Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834543/000114036124022383/0001140361-24-022383-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834543/000114036124022383/ef20027782_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-022383
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-022383.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-022383.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles Park departed as Chief Compliance Officer at BlackRock Direct Lending Corp..
  - Action: stepping down
  - Role: Chief Compliance Officer
  source text: Charles Park, the Company’s previous CCO, is stepping down as CCO of the Company due to his expanding roles in different parts of the BlackRock organization.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834543/000114036124022383/0001140361-24-022383-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ariel Hazzard was appointed as Chief Compliance Officer at BlackRock Direct Lending Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Compliance Officer
  source text: On April 24, 2024, the Board of the Company appointed Ariel Hazzard as Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) of the Company, with the appointment effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834543/000114036124022383/0001140361-24-022383-index.htm

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