TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. appointed Doug Bouquard as new CEO

Item 5.02 
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. 


On January 28, 2022, TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. (the "Company") announced that the Company's board of directors (the "Board") has appointed Doug Bouquard to serve as the Company's Chief Executive Officer and elected him as a director, in each case effective as of April 25, 2022. The Company also announced that the Board has appointed Brandon Fox to serve as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer, effective as of January 28, 2022. 

Mr. Bouquard, 40, was a Managing Director and responsible for U.S. Commercial Real Estate Debt within the Global Markets Division of Goldman Sachs. His responsibilities included oversight for commercial real estate debt origination and other real estate securities issuances. Prior to his current role, Mr. Bouquard was responsible for various mortgage lending and trading businesses at Goldman Sachs, which he joined in 2004. Mr. Bouquard earned a B.A. degree from Colgate University. 

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

Mr. Fox, age 42, has been a principal with TPG, Inc., a Delaware corporation (previously, TPG Global, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("TPG")), since June 2021. From December 2019 to June 2021, Mr. Fox was the head of corporate accounting for Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (NYSE: OAK-PA; OAK-PB), where he was responsible for management company accounting, assets under management, accounting policy and financial reporting requirements of the firm. From July 2018 to December 2019, Mr. Fox was a Senior Director in TPG's Business Unit Finance department, focusing on accounting and finance operations for TPG Real Estate. From May 2017 to July 2018, Mr. Fox was a Director in TPG's Financial Reporting & Accounting Policy department. From December 2007 to May 2017, Mr. Fox served in various accounting, financial planning and analysis, and capital markets related roles at Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (NYSE: PEAK) (formerly HCP, Inc.). Mr. Fox received an MBA with concentrations in corporate finance and strategy from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and BS degrees in accountancy and information systems from California State University Long Beach. He is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) licensed in California. 

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