---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-305383"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PJT"
cik: "0001626115"
company_name: "PJT Partners Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-16T10:50:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-16T10:55:03.659334+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PJT Partners appoints Arun Kalra as CFO; Helen Meates to step down after decade

## Summary
- Helen Meates to step down as CFO effective Oct 1, 2026; will remain through year-end for transition.
- Arun Kalra, current Director of Finance, appointed as CFO effective Oct 1, 2026.
- Kalra joined PJT in 2016 as Head of FP&A; previously senior compensation team member at UBS.
- Meates will continue base salary and remain eligible for 2026 cash bonus; departure qualifies as retirement for equity awards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-305383
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PJT
- cik: 0001626115
- company_name: PJT Partners Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-16T10:50:16+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312526305383/0001193125-26-305383-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312526305383/pjt-20260713.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Arun Kalra was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at PJT Partners Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Arun Kalra to succeed Ms. Meates as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312526305383/0001193125-26-305383-index.htm
- Executive change
  Helen Meates departed as Chief Financial Officer at PJT Partners Inc..
  - Action: stepping down
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Helen Meates, Chief Financial Officer of PJT Partners Inc. (the “Company”), has informed the Company of her intention to step down from her role as Chief Financial Officer as of October 1, 2026 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312526305383/0001193125-26-305383-index.htm

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