---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001232582-24-000052"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AHT"
cik: "0001232582"
company_name: "ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T18:13:17.159880+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ashford Hospitality Trust CEO Rob Hays to resign June 30; Stephen Zsigray named successor

## Summary
- Rob Hays to step down as President and CEO effective June 30, 2024, after ~20 years of service.
- Stephen Zsigray, current SVP of Corporate Finance & Strategy, appointed as President and CEO effective same date.
- Zsigray helped raise over $1.2B in equity and secured $1.0B+ in debt financing since 2020.
- Hays will aid transition before pursuing a business opportunity outside real estate with his father.
- Zsigray also serves as CFO and Treasurer of Stirling Hotels & Resorts (consolidated AHT subsidiary).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001232582-24-000052
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AHT
- cik: 0001232582
- company_name: ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258224000052/0001232582-24-000052-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258224000052/aht-20240417.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001232582-24-000052.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen Zsigray was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Ashford’s current Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance & Strategy, Stephen Zsigray, to fill the role of President and Chief Executive Officer at the Company, effective June 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258224000052/0001232582-24-000052-index.htm
- Executive change
  J. Robison Hays, III departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC.
  - Action: resign
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Hay’s resignation is expected to be effective June 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258224000052/0001232582-24-000052-index.htm

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