BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TRUST REIT CLA (BXMT)
Sector: Financials
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Sector: Financials
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Director information for BXMT
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BXMT | Lead Independent Director | 76 | ["former vice chairman of Centerline Capital Group","executive committee of CREFC","president of CREFC","chairman and chief executive officer of ARCap REIT","president and partner in Harbour Realty Advisors","consultant on real estate workout strategies","development of high-end residential properties","board of trustees of Bowdoin College","board of trustees of Maine Public Broadcasting Network","independent director of FundCore Institutional Income Trust Inc.","former board member of the Real Estate Roundtable","M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University","B.A. in American History from Bowdoin College","Former Vice Chairman of Centerline Capital Group","Significant experience in commercial real estate","Lending","Equity investment","Development"] | ["Audit","Investment Risk Management (Chair)","Investment Risk Management Committee"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Leonard W. Cotton has been a director since 2014 and our lead independent director since 2024. Mr. Cotton is the former vice chairman of Centerline Capital Group (a position he held from 2006 to 2008). He was also on the executive committee of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC), from 2001 to 2010 and was president of CREFC from 2007 to 2008. Mr. Cotton previously served as chairman and chief executive officer of ARCap REIT (a position he held from 1995 to 2006), a real estate finance company acquired by Centerline Capital Group in 2006, and chairman and chief executive officer of ARCap REIT's predecessor, REMICap. During his tenure at ARCap REIT, Mr. Cotton was instrumental in establishing ARCap REIT as a nationally recognized CMBS investor in subordinated bonds. From 1992 to 2002, Mr. Cotton was a president and partner in Harbour Realty Advisors, a real estate-related special situation investment and commercial property management company. Prior to joining Harbour Realty Advisors, Mr. Cotton was engaged in a number of real estate-related entrepreneurial endeavors, including acting as consultant on real estate workout strategies and the development of high-end residential properties. Mr. Cotton also served on the board of trustees of Bowdoin College for 15 years and currently serves on the board of trustees of Maine Public Broadcasting Network, a state network of public television and radio stations. He started his career in 1972 with Citibank, working in commercial real estate lending and workout business units. He also served as an independent director of FundCore Institutional Income Trust Inc., a public unlisted mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT), from 2010 to 2012 and is a former board member of the Real Estate Roundtable. Qualifications: Mr. Cotton received an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University and a B.A. in American History from Bowdoin College. We believe Mr. Cotton has significant experience in various aspects of commercial real estate, including lending, equity investment and development, which allows him to bring unique insight into our investment and risk management activities to our board of directors and the investment risk management committee, of which he is the chair.