Item 5.02. Departure of Certain Officers; Appointment of Certain Officers.
On January 5, 2023, the board of trustees of Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
(the "Fund") appointed Jonathan Bock to serve as Co-Chief Executive Officer of
the Fund, effective as of January 10, 2023. Mr. Bock will serve alongside Brad
Marshall, who will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief
Executive Officer of the Fund.
Mr. Bock, born 1982, is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Market
Research for Blackstone's credit investment platform. Prior to joining
Blackstone, Jonathan was the Chief Executive Officer of Barings BDC. In addition
to this role, he served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer and President of
Barings Private Credit Corporation, and Chief Financial Officer of Barings
Capital Investment Corporation, Barings Corporate Investors, and Barings
Participation Investors. Prior to joining Barings in July 2018, Jonathan was a
Managing Director and Senior Equity Analyst at Wells Fargo Securities
specializing in business development companies (BDCs). He has actively followed
the BDC space since 2006 and was the chief author of a leading BDC quarterly
research publication: the BDC Scorecard. His research is often cited by
Institutional Investor, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and other prominent
financial publications. He is also published in the Journal of Alternative
Investments. Prior to Wells Fargo, Jonathan followed the BDC industry at Stifel
Nicolaus & Company and A.G. Edwards Inc. Prior to entering sell-side research in
2006, Jonathan was an equity portfolio manager/analyst at Busey Wealth
Management in Champaign, Illinois. Jonathan holds a bachelor's degree in finance
from the University of Illinois College of Business and is a member of the CFA
Institute.
There are no family relationships between Mr. Bock and any director or executive
officer of the Fund, and he is not a party to any transaction that is required
to be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number Description
99.1 Press Release of Blackstone Inc., dated January 10, 2023.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline
XBRL document)
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