---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-221317"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BXMT"
cik: "0001061630"
company_name: "BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TRUST, INC."
filed_at: "2021-07-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T03:10:13.128942+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blackstone Mortgage Trust appoints Nnenna Lynch to board of directors

## Summary
- Board expanded to nine members; Lynch elected effective July 21, 2021.
- Lynch is CEO of Xylem Projects, a mission-driven real estate firm focused on workforce housing and mixed-use projects.
- Previous roles: Managing Principal at The Georgetown Company and senior policy advisor under NYC Mayor Bloomberg.
- Also serves on board of AvalonBay Communities (AVB); brings expertise in real estate investment, development, and public policy.
- No family relationships or transactions with company requiring disclosure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-221317
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BXMT
- cik: 0001061630
- company_name: BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1061630/000119312521221317/0001193125-21-221317-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1061630/000119312521221317/d18020d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-221317.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nnenna Lynch was elected as Director at BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TRUST, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 21, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) of Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an increase in the number of directors constituting the full Board of Directors from eight to nine and elected Nnenna Lynch to fill the vacancy created by the increase, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1061630/000119312521221317/0001193125-21-221317-index.htm

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