---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001544206-22-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CGBD"
cik: "0001544206"
company_name: "Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T01:44:59.934763+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carlyle Secured Lending appoints Aren LeeKong as President and CEO effective Jan 1, 2023

## Summary
- Aren LeeKong appointed President and CEO, effective January 1, 2023.
- Taylor Boswell and Linda Pace step down as President and CEO, respectively, on same date.
- Linda Pace remains Chair of the Board; continues to serve as director.
- LeeKong currently a director of the Company and affiliated BDCs managed by Carlyle Global Credit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001544206-22-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CGBD
- cik: 0001544206
- company_name: Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420622000076/0001544206-22-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420622000076/csl-20221216.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001544206-22-000076
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001544206-22-000076.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Aren LeeKong was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On December 16, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Aren LeeKong as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2023, when Taylor Boswell and Linda Pace step down as President and Chief Executive Officer, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420622000076/0001544206-22-000076-index.htm
- Executive change
  Taylor Boswell departed as President at Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc..
  - Action: step down
  - Role: President
  source text: when Taylor Boswell and Linda Pace step down as President and Chief Executive Officer, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420622000076/0001544206-22-000076-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: when Taylor Boswell and Linda Pace step down as President and Chief Executive Officer, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420622000076/0001544206-22-000076-index.htm

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