---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-000200"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WELL"
cik: "0000766704"
company_name: "WELLTOWER INC."
filed_at: "2025-01-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T19:14:24.994315+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Welltower promotes Chaudhri and McHugh to Co-Presidents; Burkart named Vice Chairman

## Summary
- Nikhil Chaudhri promoted to Co-President & CIO; Tim McHugh promoted to Co-President & CFO, effective Jan 2, 2025.
- John Burkart named Vice Chairman & COO; Matthew McQueen becomes Chief Legal Officer.
- John Olympitis promoted to EVP Head of Corporate Development; Edward Cheung to EVP International Investments.
- Patrick Keppenne promoted to SVP Investments and senior leadership team member.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-000200
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WELL
- cik: 0000766704
- company_name: WELLTOWER INC.
- filed_at: 2025-01-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766704/000119312525000200/0001193125-25-000200-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766704/000119312525000200/d919574d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-000200
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-000200.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-000200.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tim McHugh was appointed as Co-President & Chief Financial Officer at WELLTOWER INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Co-President & Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. McHugh, age 40, was appointed Co-President & Chief Financial Officer after previously serving as Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766704/000119312525000200/0001193125-25-000200-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nikhil Chaudhri was appointed as Co-President & Chief Investment Officer at WELLTOWER INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Co-President & Chief Investment Officer
  source text: Mr. Chaudhri, age 37, was appointed Co-President & Chief Investment Officer after previously serving as Executive Vice President – Chief Investment Officer ("CIO").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766704/000119312525000200/0001193125-25-000200-index.htm

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