---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-301055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GSBD"
cik: "0001572694"
company_name: "Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T07:31:01.484879+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Goldman Sachs BDC elects Timothy J. Leach as Chairman of the Board effective Jan 1, 2023

## Summary
- Timothy J. Leach, an independent director, elected Chairman of the Board and of the Compliance, Contract Review, and Governance Committees.
- Current Chairman Jaime Ardila will serve through Dec 31, 2022, then continue as an independent director.
- Change effective January 1, 2023, as announced by the Board on December 6, 2022.
- Leach previously served as an independent director; no other officer changes reported.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-301055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GSBD
- cik: 0001572694
- company_name: Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572694/000119312522301055/0001193125-22-301055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572694/000119312522301055/d427354d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-301055.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jaime Ardila changed role as Chairman of the Board at Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc..
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: Jaime Ardila, the current Chairman of the Board and each of the Compliance Committee, the Contract Review Committee, and the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board, will serve in such capacities until the Effective Date and thereafter will continue to serve as an independent director of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572694/000119312522301055/0001193125-22-301055-index.htm
- Executive change
  Timothy J. Leach changed role as Chairman of the Board at Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc..
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: elected Timothy J. Leach, an independent director of the Board, as Chairman of the Board and each of the Compliance Committee, the Contract Review Committee, and the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board, effective January 1, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572694/000119312522301055/0001193125-22-301055-index.htm

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