---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001782524-23-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSDL"
cik: "0001782524"
company_name: "Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund"
filed_at: "2023-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T14:59:22.865712+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund appoints David Pessah as CFO effective Dec 11, 2023

## Summary
- David Pessah, 38, appointed CFO effective Dec 11, 2023, replacing interim CFO Orit Mizrachi.
- Mizrachi relinquishes interim CFO role but continues as Chief Operating Officer.
- Pessah also named CFO for five affiliated BDCs including SL Investment Corp and North Haven funds.
- Pessah was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management since Dec 2023; previously at Goldman Sachs as CFO of BDC complex.
- Pessah holds a BS in Accounting from University of Delaware and MBA in Finance from Baruch College.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001782524-23-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSDL
- cik: 0001782524
- company_name: Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
- filed_at: 2023-12-11T23:59:59+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/1782524/000178252423000056/0001782524-23-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000178252423000056/msdlf-20231211.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001782524-23-000056
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001782524-23-000056.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Orit Mizrachi changed role as interim Chief Financial Officer at Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund.
  - Action: relinquished
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Orit Mizrachi, who has served as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer since October 2, 2023, relinquished such position effective upon Mr. Pessah’s appointment.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000178252423000056/0001782524-23-000056-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Pessah was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On December 11, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (the “Company”) appointed David Pessah, age 38, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000178252423000056/0001782524-23-000056-index.htm

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