Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers.

On May 19, 2021, Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (the "Company" or "BXMT") announced that the Company's board of directors has appointed Katharine A. Keenan, the Company's President, to serve as the Company's Chief Executive Officer and elected her as a director, in each case, effective as of June 30, 2021. Ms. Keenan will continue to serve as the Company's President.

Ms. Keenan, 36, has served as the Company's President since February 2020. She joined the Company's management team in January 2018 and served as the Company's Executive Vice President, Investments from January 2019 until February 2020. Ms. Keenan is also a senior managing director of the Real Estate Debt Strategies group ("BREDS") at The Blackstone Group Inc. ("Blackstone"). As President of BXMT, Ms. Keenan focuses on the Company's investments, operations and strategy. She also originates loans and other investments for BXMT as well as for other investment vehicles managed by BREDS. Before joining Blackstone in 2012, Ms. Keenan held positions at G2 Investment Group, Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds and in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Lehman Brothers. Ms. Keenan graduated cum laude with an A.B. in History from Harvard College. She sits on the advisory board of NYPEN Real Estate, is a member of WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate, and sits on the board of directors of Getting Out and Staying Out.

Ms. Keenan's appointment coincides with the resignation, effective June 30, 2021, of Stephen D. Plavin as Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company. Mr. Plavin remains a senior managing director and key member of the BREDS leadership team and will oversee BREDS' European platform.

The selection of Ms. Keenan to serve as the Company's Chief Executive Officer and director was not pursuant to any arrangement or understanding with any other person. There are no family relationships between Ms. Keenan and any director or executive officer of the Company and there are no transactions between Ms. Keenan and the Company that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 19, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Ms. Keenan to serve as the Company's Chief Executive Officer and her election as a director. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.






  (d) Exhibits




Exhibit
  No.        Description

99.1           Press Release of Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. dated May 19, 2021.


104          Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
             document).

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