---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-003582"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLR"
cik: "0001297996"
company_name: "DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T18:38:46.152775+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Digital Realty appoints Matthew Mercier CFO; COO Erich Sanchack to be terminated

## Summary
- Matthew Mercier named CFO effective Jan 1, 2023; succeeds Andrew Power who remains President & CEO.
- Mercier base salary $450k, target bonus 100%, max 200%; equity awards: $750k time-vesting and $375k performance-vesting units.
- COO Erich Sanchack notified of termination effective Feb 3, 2023 as part of broader organizational realignment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-003582
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLR
- cik: 0001297996
- company_name: DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000119312523003582/0001193125-23-003582-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000119312523003582/d445005d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-003582
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-003582.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-003582.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew P. Power resigned as Chief Financial Officer at DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Andrew P. Power, the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, resigned as Chief Financial Officer concurrently with the effectiveness of Mr. Mercier’s appointment.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000119312523003582/0001193125-23-003582-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Mercier was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On December 30, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. appointed Matthew Mercier to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the company effective January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000119312523003582/0001193125-23-003582-index.htm

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