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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT)

Blackstone Mortgage Trust names Tim Johnson CEO and Austin Peña President, effective Nov. 10

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Blackstone Mortgage Trust's board appointed Timothy S. Johnson, the company's Chair, as Chief Executive Officer, and F. Austin Peña, Executive Vice President, Investments, as President and a director, both effective November 10, 2025. The changes coincide with Katharine A. Keenan's resignation as CEO, President and director after she was named CEO of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.

Key points

  • Timothy S. Johnson becomes CEO effective November 10, 2025, and continues as Chair; the board approved the actions on September 18, 2025.
  • F. Austin Peña becomes President and a director effective November 10, 2025; he has led over $11 billion of real estate credit investments since joining Blackstone in 2013.
  • Katharine A. Keenan resigns as CEO, President and director effective November 10, 2025, and as Global Head of Core+ Real Estate effective immediately; she remains a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone.

The filing

CompanyBlackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 19, 2025, 8:40 AM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-208235

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:55 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 19, 2025.

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