Biography

Linda Pace has served as Chair of the Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (“CGBD”) Board since December 31, 2019. Ms. Pace has also served as chair of the board of directors of Carlyle Credit Solutions, Inc. (“CARS”) since December 31, 2019, and as chair of the board of trustees of Carlyle Secured Lending III (“CSL III”) since June 2021. On December 31, 2022, Ms. Pace stepped down as CEO and President of CGBD, CARS and CSL III but continues to serve as the CGBD Board’s Chair. Until December 31, 2023, Ms. Pace also served as a Managing Director of Carlyle and the Vice Chair of Carlyle Global Credit. Previously, she was responsible for Carlyle’s Global Loans and Structured Credit Group. Prior to that role, she was responsible for portfolio management for Carlyle High Yield Partners, deploying capital into the U.S. market in cash and synthetic form. Prior to joining Carlyle, Ms. Pace spent ten years with BHF-Bank AG, where she was co-head of the bank’s Syndicated Loan group in New York. She invested in leveraged loans on behalf of the bank’s $2 billion on-balance sheet portfolio, as well as their $400 million Collateralized Loan Obligation funds. Prior to that, Ms. Pace worked at Société Générale as a Corporate Credit Analyst. Ms. Pace received her undergraduate degree in French from Douglass College and her MBA in Finance from New York University.