---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001851277-24-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001851277"
company_name: "Carlyle Secured Lending III"
filed_at: "2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T05:00:49.742653+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Aren C. LeeKong resigns; Justin Plouffe appointed as successor

## Summary
- Aren C. LeeKong resigned as President, CEO, and Board member effective March 1, 2024, to pursue other opportunities.
- Justin Plouffe appointed as Trustee, President, and CEO effective immediately.
- Plouffe is Managing Director and Deputy CIO of Carlyle Global Credit; also CEO of TCG Securities.
- Plouffe serves as Trustee and portfolio manager for Carlyle Tactical Private Credit Fund.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001851277-24-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001851277
- company_name: Carlyle Secured Lending III
- filed_at: 2024-03-04T23:59:59+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/1851277/000185127724000004/0001851277-24-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1851277/000185127724000004/csl-20240301.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001851277-24-000004
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001851277-24-000004.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001851277-24-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Aren C. LeeKong resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at Carlyle Secured Lending III.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 1, 2024, Aren C. LeeKong informed Carlyle Secured Lending III (the “Company”) that he is resigning from the Board of Trustees 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/1851277/000185127724000004/0001851277-24-000004-index.htm
- Executive change
  Justin Plouffe was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Carlyle Secured Lending III.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 1, 2024, the Board appointed Justin Plouffe as a Trustee of the Company and its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1851277/000185127724000004/0001851277-24-000004-index.htm

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