---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001327978-23-000178"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZARE"
cik: "0001327978"
company_name: "Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T14:03:03.556978+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Real Estate Income Trust appoints Taylor M. Paul as CFO; Minnick moves to Head of Debt Capital Markets

## Summary
- Taylor M. Paul appointed CFO and Treasurer effective December 6, 2023; previously Chief Accounting Officer since March 2018.
- Lainie P. Minnick transitions from CFO and Treasurer to Head of Debt Capital Markets on same date.
- Paul also serves as Chief Accounting Officer for Ares Industrial Real Estate Income Trust since February 2019.
- Paul holds CPA license in Colorado and has been with company since 2006.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001327978-23-000178
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZARE
- cik: 0001327978
- company_name: Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327978/000132797823000178/0001327978-23-000178-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327978/000132797823000178/are-20231206x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001327978-23-000178
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001327978-23-000178.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001327978-23-000178.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Taylor M. Paul was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: appointed Taylor M. Paul to serve as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327978/000132797823000178/0001327978-23-000178-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lainie P. Minnick changed role as Head of Debt Capital Markets at Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Head of Debt Capital Markets
  source text: Lainie P. Minnick transitioned from Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to the Company’s Head of Debt Capital Markets effective as of December 6, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327978/000132797823000178/0001327978-23-000178-index.htm

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