Sector: Financials
Director information for BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TRUST REIT CLA (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. Austin Peña | President and Director | 40 | ["President of the Company","Managing Director in BREDS","Experience in sourcing, underwriting and structuring commercial real estate debt investments","Worked at Barclays in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group","Involved in advising REITs and other real estate companies on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and capital markets transactions","Worked at Lehman Brothers","Graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania","Managing director of BREDS","Senior member of management since 2018","Experience in investing in real estate-related assets","Knowledge of asset management","Understanding of corporate strategy and industry developments"] | [] | 2026 |
| Gilda Perez-Alvarado | Independent Director; Group Chief Strategy Officer | 45 | ["Group Chief Strategy Officer of Accor S.A.","Global Chief Executive Officer of JLL Hotels & Hospitality","Member of the Board of Directors of Sonder","Member of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University","Active member of AHLA","Member of Cornell School of Hotel Administration Dean’s Advisory Board","Member of the World Travel and Tourism Council","Graduate of Cornell School of Hotel Administration","M.B.A. from Instituto de Empresa (IE Business School)","Global capital markets and investment experience","Experience in the hotel and hospitality industry"] | ["Compensation","Investment Risk Management"] | 2026 |
| Henry N. Nassau | Independent Director; Partner | 71 | ["Chief Executive Officer of Dechert LLP from July 2016 until July 2023","Partner at Dechert since September 2003","Deputy chair of practice group management and chair of the corporate and securities group","Chief Operating Officer of Internet Capital Group, Inc. from December 2002 until June 2003","Managing Director, General Counsel, and Secretary from May 1999","Chair of the firm’s business department from January 1998 to May 1999","Former chief executive officer","Attorney and partner in a major law firm","Experience in corporate governance"] | ["Compensation (Chair)","Corporate Governance (Chair)"] | 2026 |
| Jean Hsu | Independent Director | 58 | ["Over 25 years of global investment experience","Expertise in fixed income, real estate, private credit and structured products","Former Head of Private Debt at CalPERS","Held senior roles at CalPERS including Managing Investment Director and Head of Opportunistic Strategies","Law degree from National Taiwan University","MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania","Fulbright Scholar","over 25 years of global investment experience","expertise in fixed income","expertise in real estate","expertise in private credit","expertise in structured products","experience in capital allocation","experience in portfolio management"] | ["Compensation","Investment Risk Management"] | 2026 |
| Leonard W. Cotton | Lead Independent Director | 76 | ["former vice chairman of Centerline Capital Group","executive committee of CREFC","president of CREFC","chairman and chief executive officer of ARCap REIT","president and partner in Harbour Realty Advisors","consultant on real estate workout strategies","development of high-end residential properties","board of trustees of Bowdoin College","board of trustees of Maine Public Broadcasting Network","independent director of FundCore Institutional Income Trust Inc.","former board member of the Real Estate Roundtable","M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University","B.A. in American History from Bowdoin College","Former Vice Chairman of Centerline Capital Group","Significant experience in commercial real estate","Lending","Equity investment","Development"] | ["Audit","Investment Risk Management (Chair)","Investment Risk Management Committee"] | 2026 |
| Lynne B. Sagalyn | Independent Director; Professor Emerita of Real Estate | 78 | ["Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor Emerita of Real Estate at Columbia Business School","Founding director of the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate and the MBA Real Estate Program","Previous appointments at the University of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Institute of Technology","Served on the board of The Skyscraper Museum","Vice chairman of UDR, Inc. from 2010 to 2018","Member of the Advisory Board of Morgan Stanley PRIME fund from 2017 to 2022","expertise in real estate","expertise in finance","23 year-long tenure on the board of directors","vice chair from 2010 to 2018"] | ["Audit (Chair)","Compensation","Corporate Governance","audit committee"] | 2026 |
| Michael B. Nash | Director; co-founder and former chairman | 65 | ["Executive chair of the board from 2012 until 2024","Senior managing director of BREDS at Blackstone","Co-founder and chairman of BREDS","Chairman of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management’s Strategic Capital Group","Member of Blackstone Real Estate’s Investment Committee","Member of Hunter Point Capital and boards of Gilbane, Inc., and Longmark","extensive experience in investing in real estate-related assets","strong record of success"] | [] | 2026 |
| Nnenna Lynch | Director; Chief Executive Officer | 54 | ["Chief executive officer of Xylem Projects LLC","Founded Xylem in July 2018","Managing principal and head of development for The Georgetown Company","Senior advisor on economic development for the Bloomberg mayoral administration","Partner at Urban Green Builders LLC","Analyst in fixed income derivatives at Goldman Sachs","Member of the board of directors of AvalonBay Communities, Inc.","Chair of the investment and finance committee at AvalonBay","Leadership positions at non-profit organizations, including chair of New York Road Runners","Founder and CEO of Xylem Projects","Seasoned executive in urban redevelopment","Experience in real estate development","Experience in public policy","Experience in finance"] | ["Audit","Corporate Governance","Investment Risk Management","Investment and Finance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Timothy S. Johnson | Chief Executive Officer, Chair of the Board of Directors and Global Head of BREDS | 46 | ["B.A. in Mathematics from the College of the Holy Cross","co-founder of BroadPeak Funding","Vice President in Lehman Brothers Global Commercial Real Estate Group"] | ["Blackstone Real Estate’s Investment Committee","Manager’s Investment Committee"] | 2026 |
