secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     PJT Partners Inc. (PJT)
CIK:        0001626115
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-16T10:50:16+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-305383
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312526305383/0001193125-26-305383-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312526305383/pjt-20260713.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-305383

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