Former General Counsel and Secretary · KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (KREF)

Kelly Galligan

A named executive officer of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$55,055

FY2024: $39,445

4th of 4 named executive officers at KKR Real Estate Finance Trust by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 3, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Kelly Galligan compensation by year

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as KKR Real Estate Finance Trust reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$0$0
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$39,445$55,055
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$0$0
Total$39,445$55,055

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. DEF 14A filed March 3, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-007573, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. filed document, accession 0001140361-26-007573. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 3, 2026.

$39K
$55K
FY24
FY25
Stock awards

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU8,833$72,607—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Kendra DeciousChief Financial Officer and Treasurer$802,386
Matthew SalemChief Executive Officer$688,188
W. Patrick MattsonPresident, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary$622,545
Kelly Galligan · this pageFormer General Counsel and Secretary$55,055

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