Kendra Decious

Kendra Decious (New York) joined KKR in 2006 and is a Managing Director in the Finance group. Ms. Decious serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (NYSE: KREF). From 2006 to 2010, Ms. Decious was the Chief Financial Officer of KKR Private Equity Investors, L.P. Ms. Decious most recently served as KKR’s Head of Strategic Planning and Budgeting, was responsible for planning, executing and attending all KKR Board of Directors and committee meetings, and was responsible for the accounting, reporting and risk controls for all of KKR’s balance sheet investments. Previously, Ms. Decious originated KKR’s global risk management framework and was responsible for the finance groups of KKR’s Capital Markets, Hedge Funds and Stakes businesses. Previously, Ms. Decious served as a founding member of KKR’s Global Risk Management Committee, as a founding member of KKR’s Inclusion and Diversity Advisory Committee, as a member of KKR’s Energy and Infrastructure Valuation Committee, as a member of PAAMCO Prisma’s Audit Committee, and as a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of CHI Overhead Doors. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Decious was a vice president at KinderCare Learning Centers with responsibility for KinderCare’s finance & accounting and procurement departments and served as KC Distance Learning’s (subsidiary) Chief Financial Officer and was a director at Red Lion Hotels, responsible for SEC and financial reporting. Ms. Decious began her career at KPMG and is a certified public accountant (inactive). Ms. Decious graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a B.A. in Business Economics and with distinction from Ellis College, New York Institute of Technology, with an M.B.A.