---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001703644-23-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPMT"
cik: "0001703644"
company_name: "Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T18:00:13.305046+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Granite Point Mortgage Trust appoints REIT veteran Sheila McGrath to Board, effective Jan 9, 2023

## Summary
- Sheila McGrath appointed as independent director effective January 9, 2023; Board now has 6 directors (5 independent).
- McGrath brings over 25 years as REIT equity analyst, most recently Senior Managing Director at Evercore ISI.
- Currently Principal at Grayton Advisory; will serve on Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Compensation pro-rated per standard independent director terms; standard indemnification agreement entered.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001703644-23-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPMT
- cik: 0001703644
- company_name: Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000170364423000017/0001703644-23-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000170364423000017/gpmt-20230109.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001703644-23-000017
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001703644-23-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sheila McGrath was appointed as Member of the Board at Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Member of the Board
  source text: Effective January 9, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Sheila McGrath to serve as a member of the Board until the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000170364423000017/0001703644-23-000017-index.htm

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