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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-242597"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001865174"
company_name: "Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp. II"
filed_at: "2023-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T08:55:41.352824+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Appoints Stanley Matuszewski as CFO and John Lanza as principal accounting officer effective Nov 10, 2023

## Summary
- Stanley Matuszewski, 37, appointed CFO and Treasurer of the company and five affiliated entities, effective Nov 10, 2023.
- John Lanza, 53, appointed principal accounting officer of the company and five affiliates, effective same date.
- Both succeed David Pessah, who resigned on Sep 7, 2023; Pessah will remain during a transition period.
- Matuszewski is a GSAM Vice President currently managing the BDC Product Controllers team; Lanza manages BDC and hedge fund controllers teams.
- No family relationships or material transactions involving either appointee were disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-242597
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001865174
- company_name: Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp. II
- filed_at: 2023-09-26T23:59:59+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/1865174/000119312523242597/0001193125-23-242597-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865174/000119312523242597/d511797d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Lanza was appointed as principal accounting officer at Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp. II.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: On September 25, 2023, the board of directors of the Company appointed John Lanza, age 53, as principal accounting officer, effective November 10, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865174/000119312523242597/0001193125-23-242597-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Pessah resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp. II.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: Mr. Matuszewski succeeds David Pessah in such capacities, following Mr. Pessah’s notice to the Company on September 7, 2023 of his resignation, as previously disclosed.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865174/000119312523242597/0001193125-23-242597-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stanley Matuszewski was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp. II.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: On September 25, 2023, the board of directors of Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp. II (the “Company”) appointed Stanley Matuszewski, age 37, as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective November 10, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865174/000119312523242597/0001193125-23-242597-index.htm

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