---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001408100-23-000115"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KW"
cik: "0001408100"
company_name: "Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T17:28:43.770663+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mary Ricks retires as President of Kennedy-Wilson; Matt Windisch appointed President

## Summary
- Mary Ricks retires as President and resigns from Board effective Sept 29, 2023; will serve as consultant.
- Consulting period from Sept 29, 2023 to Feb 1, 2026; monthly fee of $83,333 plus continued vesting of RSUs.
- Ricks receives 2023 cash bonus at least equal to average of 2021/2022 bonuses, paid by March 15, 2024.
- Matt Windisch, former EVP, promoted President effective Sept 29, 2023; oversees commercial investment and capital raising.
- Windisch helped raise over $15B for the company and its platforms; credit business grew to $7B in gross commitments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001408100-23-000115
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KW
- cik: 0001408100
- company_name: Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408100/000140810023000115/0001408100-23-000115-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408100/000140810023000115/kw-20230914.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001408100-23-000115
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001408100-23-000115.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001408100-23-000115.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mary L. Ricks departed as President at Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: President
  source text: Mary L. Ricks will retire as the President of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408100/000140810023000115/0001408100-23-000115-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mary L. Ricks departed as Director at Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resign
  - Role: Director
  source text: Ms. Ricks will resign from her position on the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408100/000140810023000115/0001408100-23-000115-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Windisch was appointed as President at Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: The Company also announced that the Board has appointed Mr. Matthew Windisch, age 43, the Company’s current Executive Vice President, as the Company’s President effective as of the Transition Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408100/000140810023000115/0001408100-23-000115-index.htm

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