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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001702510-24-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001702510"
company_name: "Carlyle Credit Solutions, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T04:47:26.930907+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carlyle Credit Solutions CEO Aren C. LeeKong resigns; Justin Plouffe named President, CEO, Director

## Summary
- Aren C. LeeKong resigned as Director, President, and CEO, effective March 1, 2024, to pursue other opportunities.
- Board appointed Justin Plouffe as Class II Director, President, and CEO, effective immediately.
- Plouffe is Managing Director and Deputy CIO of Carlyle Global Credit; joined Carlyle in 2007.
- Plouffe also serves as CEO of TCG Securities and holds Series 7, 24, 57, 63, 79, 99 licenses.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001702510-24-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001702510
- company_name: Carlyle Credit Solutions, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702510/000170251024000006/0001702510-24-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702510/000170251024000006/cars-20240301.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001702510-24-000006
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001702510-24-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Justin Plouffe was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Carlyle Credit Solutions, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 1, 2024, the Board appointed Justin Plouffe as a Class II Director of the Company and its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702510/000170251024000006/0001702510-24-000006-index.htm
- Executive change
  Aren C. LeeKong resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at Carlyle Credit Solutions, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 1, 2024, Aren C. LeeKong informed Carlyle Credit Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) that he is resigning from the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and his positions as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, in each case effective March 1, 2024, to pursue other opportunities.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702510/000170251024000006/0001702510-24-000006-index.htm

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