Published mark
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
NYSE: KREF. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (KREF) operates as a mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT), primarily focused on originating and acquiring first-lien debt secured by commercial properties.
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:089c0ebb-eafe-467c-ba2b-cc7915147e67
- SEC CIK
- 0001631596
- Record version
- vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 11, 2026
- Newest evidence
- Mar 3, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Not published
- Chair
- Not published
- Independent
- Not published8 directors published
- Published claims
- 332 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 30 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 2 distinct sources and 3 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
DIRECTOR APPOINTED
Matthew A. Salem seat on KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., effective 2022-01-01.
EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2022E2
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Board of directors
Evidence8 directors published. Independence determinations are not published for every director.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christen E.J. Lee | Independence not published | 2020 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Deborah H. McAneny | Independence not published | 2017 | Affiliate Transaction CommitteeAUDIT COMMITTEE, chairNominating and Corporate Governance Committee | Source reportedE2 |
| Irene M. Esteves | Independence not published | 2018 | Affiliate Transaction CommitteeAUDIT COMMITTEENominating and Corporate Governance Committee, chair | Source reportedE2 |
| Jonathan A. Langer | Independence not published | 2017 | Affiliate Transaction CommitteeCOMPENSATION COMMITTEE, chairNominating and Corporate Governance Committee | Source reportedE2 |
| Matthew A. Salem | Independence not published | 2022 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Paula Madoff | Independence not published | 2018 | Affiliate Transaction Committee, chairAUDIT COMMITTEECOMPENSATION COMMITTEE | Source reportedE2 |
| Ralph F. Rosenberg | Independence not published | 2014 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Terrance R. Ahern | Independence not published | 2017 | COMPENSATION COMMITTEENominating and Corporate Governance Committee | Source reportedE2 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliate Transaction Committee | Paula Madoff | Paula Madoff, Deborah H. McAneny, Irene M. Esteves, Jonathan A. Langer | Not described in the published record |
| AUDIT COMMITTEE | Deborah H. McAneny | Deborah H. McAneny, Irene M. Esteves, Paula Madoff | Not described in the published record |
| COMPENSATION COMMITTEE | Jonathan A. Langer | Jonathan A. Langer, Paula Madoff, Terrance R. Ahern | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee | Irene M. Esteves | Irene M. Esteves, Deborah H. McAneny, Jonathan A. Langer, Terrance R. Ahern | Not described in the published record |
Committee RecordAffiliate Transaction Committee: Chair Paula Madoff; Members Paula Madoff (Chair); Deborah H. McAneny; Irene M. Esteves; Jonathan A. Langer
Committee AppointmentPaula Madoff: chair, Affiliate Transaction Committee
Committee AppointmentDeborah H. McAneny: member, Affiliate Transaction Committee
Committee AppointmentIrene M. Esteves: member, Affiliate Transaction Committee
Committee AppointmentJonathan A. Langer: member, Affiliate Transaction Committee
Committee RecordAUDIT COMMITTEE: Chair Deborah H. McAneny; Members Deborah H. McAneny (Chair); Irene M. Esteves; Paula Madoff
Committee AppointmentDeborah H. McAneny: chair, AUDIT COMMITTEE
Committee AppointmentIrene M. Esteves: member, AUDIT COMMITTEE
Committee AppointmentPaula Madoff: member, AUDIT COMMITTEE
Committee RecordCOMPENSATION COMMITTEE: Chair Jonathan A. Langer; Members Jonathan A. Langer (Chair); Paula Madoff; Terrance R. Ahern
Committee AppointmentJonathan A. Langer: chair, COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Committee AppointmentPaula Madoff: member, COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Committee AppointmentTerrance R. Ahern: member, COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Committee RecordNominating and Corporate Governance Committee: Chair Irene M. Esteves; Members Irene M. Esteves (Chair); Deborah H. McAneny; Jonathan A. Langer; Terrance R. Ahern
Committee AppointmentIrene M. Esteves: chair, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Committee AppointmentDeborah H. McAneny: member, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Committee AppointmentJonathan A. Langer: member, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Committee AppointmentTerrance R. Ahern: member, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceSecurity ListingKREF (NYSE)
Security ListingKREF-PA (NYSE)
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 11, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NameKKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Published FactUS
Published FactReal Estate
Published FactREIT - Mortgage
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- LeadershipNot reviewed. Executive leadership carries operating authority.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Christen E.J. LeeDirectorcompany:089c0ebb-eafe-467c-ba2b-cc7915147e67:leadership_role:7
- Deborah H. McAnenyDirectorcompany:089c0ebb-eafe-467c-ba2b-cc7915147e67:leadership_role:8
- Irene M. EstevesDirectorcompany:089c0ebb-eafe-467c-ba2b-cc7915147e67:leadership_role:9
- Jonathan A. LangerDirectorcompany:089c0ebb-eafe-467c-ba2b-cc7915147e67:leadership_role:10
- Matthew A. SalemDirectorcompany:089c0ebb-eafe-467c-ba2b-cc7915147e67:leadership_role:11
- Paula MadoffDirectorcompany:089c0ebb-eafe-467c-ba2b-cc7915147e67:leadership_role:12
- Ralph F. RosenbergDirectorcompany:089c0ebb-eafe-467c-ba2b-cc7915147e67:leadership_role:13
- Terrance R. AhernDirectorcompany:089c0ebb-eafe-467c-ba2b-cc7915147e67:leadership_role:14
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 3 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
Claiming not yet available
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 11, 2026. Cited by 7 Claims.
- E2sec proxy. Published Mar 3, 2026. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 8 Claims.
- E3governance_people_committees. sec proxy. Cited by 18 Claims.
What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 11, 2026- Matthew A. Salem seat on KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., effective 2022-01-01.
- Christen E.J. Lee seat on KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., effective 2020-01-01.
- Irene M. Esteves seat on KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., effective 2018-01-01.
- Paula Madoff seat on KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., effective 2018-01-01.
- Deborah H. McAneny seat on KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., effective 2017-01-01.
- Jonathan A. Langer seat on KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., effective 2017-01-01.
- Terrance R. Ahern seat on KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., effective 2017-01-01.
- Ralph F. Rosenberg seat on KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., effective 2014-01-01.