Katie Keenan is the Global Co-Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”), based in New York. BREDS invests in public and private real estate credit globally on behalf of a variety of institutional, public and insurance capital vehicles. Ms. Keenan is also Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT), a publicly-traded commercial mortgage REIT managed by Blackstone.

Prior to 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 AB in History from Harvard College. She sits on the Board of Directors of Getting Out and Staying Out and the Advisory Board of Governors of NAREIT, and is a member of WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate.