---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-107921"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VTR"
cik: "0000740260"
company_name: "Ventas, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-15T20:10:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-15T20:12:08.251847+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ventas appoints Laurida Sayed as SVP, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller

## Summary
- Sayed, 44, joins from Cushman & Wakefield, where she was CAO since May 2024; effective Oct 5, 2026.
- Robert Probst remains CFO but steps down from interim CAO role as of effective date.
- Compensation: $500,000 base, 60% target bonus, LTIP eligibility, $150,000 sign-on cash, $350,000 RSU grant vesting over 3 years.
- Sayed entered standard Employee Protection and Noncompetition Agreement; no family ties or material interests disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-107921
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VTR
- cik: 0000740260
- company_name: Ventas, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-15T20:10:37+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000110465926107921/0001104659-26-107921-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000110465926107921/tm2625430d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Laurida Sayed was appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at Ventas, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
  source text: approved the appointment of Laurida Sayed as its Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of the Company, effective on or around October 5, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000110465926107921/0001104659-26-107921-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert F. Probst changed role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Ventas, Inc..
  - Action: will no longer perform
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: As of the Effective Date, Robert F. Probst, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will no longer perform the responsibilities of Chief Accounting Officer on an interim basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000110465926107921/0001104659-26-107921-index.htm

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