---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001544206-23-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CGBD"
cik: "0001544206"
company_name: "Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T12:44:29.167594+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carlyle Secured Lending appoints Nelson Joseph as principal accounting officer

## Summary
- Desiree Annunziato resigned as principal accounting officer effective March 22, 2023; remains Treasurer.
- Nelson Joseph appointed as principal accounting officer effective March 22, 2023.
- Joseph is a Principal at Carlyle's Global Credit Fund Management, joined in Jan 2023.
- Prior to Carlyle, Joseph was a Director at Apollo Global Management overseeing BDC accounting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001544206-23-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CGBD
- cik: 0001544206
- company_name: Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420623000013/0001544206-23-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420623000013/csl-20230322.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001544206-23-000013
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001544206-23-000013.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Desiree Annunziato resigned as principal accounting officer at Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: upon the resignation of Desiree Annunziato from such position.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420623000013/0001544206-23-000013-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nelson Joseph was appointed as principal accounting officer at Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: On March 22, 2023, the Board of Directors of Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Nelson Joseph as the Company’s principal accounting officer, effective immediately, upon the resignation of Desiree Annunziato from such position.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420623000013/0001544206-23-000013-index.htm

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