---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001544206-22-000066"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CGBD"
cik: "0001544206"
company_name: "Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-09-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T08:17:24.793393+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carlyle Secured Lending CEO Linda Pace stepping down Dec 31; Aren LeeKong named CEO effective Jan 1

## Summary
- Linda Pace will step down as CEO on Dec 31, 2022, but remain Chair of the Board.
- Board intends to appoint Aren LeeKong as CEO effective Jan 1, 2023; LeeKong is currently a director.
- Taylor Boswell resigned from Board and as CIO effective immediately, will continue as President through Dec 31, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001544206-22-000066
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CGBD
- cik: 0001544206
- company_name: Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-09-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420622000066/0001544206-22-000066-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420622000066/csli_20220921x8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001544206-22-000066.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Aren LeeKong was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc..
  - Action: appoint
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The Board intends to appoint Aren LeeKong as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2023, when Ms. Pace steps down as Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420622000066/0001544206-22-000066-index.htm
- Executive change
  Taylor Boswell resigned as Director at Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 20, 2022, Taylor Boswell informed the Company that effective immediately he was resigning from the Board and as Chief Investment Officer of the Company to pursue other interests.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420622000066/0001544206-22-000066-index.htm
- Executive change
  Linda Pace departed as Chief Executive Officer at Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc..
  - Action: step down
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On September 19, 2022, Linda Pace informed Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (the “Company”), that effective December 31, 2022, she would step down as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420622000066/0001544206-22-000066-index.htm
- Executive change
  Taylor Boswell resigned as Chief Investment Officer at Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Investment Officer
  source text: On September 20, 2022, Taylor Boswell informed the Company that effective immediately he was resigning from the Board and as Chief Investment Officer of the Company to pursue other interests.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420622000066/0001544206-22-000066-index.htm

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