Paul Kolodziej has served as BXMT’s Head of Accounting since February 2021. Mr. Kolodziej has also served as the Chief Accounting Officer of BREIT since March 2019. Mr. Kolodziej is also a Managing Director with Blackstone Real Estate and served as controller of BREIT from June 2016 to March 2019. Prior to joining Blackstone in June 2016, Mr. Kolodziej was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), where he provided assurance services to financial service clients focused on REITs, private real estate funds and hedge funds. During his time at PwC, Mr. Kolodziej also completed a two year rotation in PwC’s SEC Services Group within their National Office, focusing on client consultations over a wide range of matters related to security registrations and ongoing SEC filing requirements. Mr. Kolodziej received a BS in Accountancy from DePaul University and is a Certified Public Accountant.