C. BRENT SMITH

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Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc.

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2019-03-19 C. Brent Smith 43 President and Chief Investment Officer, Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. 2019 No Summary Compensation Table C. Brent Smith President and Chief Investment Officer 2018 Salary: 350,000 StockAwards: 630,716 Non-EquityIncentive PlanCompensation: 494,000 All OtherCompensation: 18,750 Total: 1,493,466 Mr. Miller and Mr. Smith, employees of the Company, do not receive any additional compensation for their service as directors.
2020-03-20 C. Brent Smith,President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director 44 2019 No President and Chief Executive Officer, Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc.
2021-03-19 C. Brent Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, Director since 2019, President and Chief Executive Officer since July of 2019, no additional compensation for service as director.
2022-03-18 C. Brent Smith • President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director • Director Since 2019 • Age 46 President and Chief Executive Officer since July of 2019. For four years prior to his promotion to Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Smith served as our Chief Investment Officer. In addition, until February of 2019, Mr. Smith served as EVP of Piedmont’s Northeast Region where he was responsible for all leasing, asset management, acquisition, disposition and development activity for the Company’s over three million square foot Boston and New York/New Jersey portfolio. Prior to joining Piedmont in 2012, Mr. Smith served as an Executive Director with Morgan Stanley in the Real Estate Investment Banking division advising a wide range of public and private real estate clients. He brings approximately 20 years of corporate- and property-level real estate transaction experience across both North America and Asia. Mr. Smith brings to the board approximately 20 years of corporate- and property-level global real estate capital markets experience, has a detailed working knowledge of each of Piedmont’s operating markets, experience in handling some of Piedmont’ largest and most complex tenants and properties, as well as negotiating complex purchase and sale agreements and mergers and acquisitions transactions, in addition to working relationships with each of Piedmont’s investor analysts. Furthermore, his extensive network of private and public pension equity investors and top-tier investment bankers is invaluable to the Company.
2023-03-17 C. Brent Smith • President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director • Director Since 2019 • Age 47 President and Chief Executive Officer since July of 2019. For four years prior to his promotion to Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Smith served as our Chief Investment Officer. In addition, until February of 2019, Mr. Smith served as EVP of Piedmont’s Northeast Region where he was responsible for all leasing, asset management, acquisition, disposition and development activity for the Company’s over three million square foot Boston and New York/New Jersey portfolio. Prior to joining Piedmont in 2012, Mr. Smith served as an Executive Director with Morgan Stanley in the Real Estate Investment Banking division advising a wide range of public and private real estate clients. He brings approximately 20 years of corporate- and property-level real estate transaction experience across both North America and Asia. Mr. Smith brings this approximately 20 years of experience plus a detailed working knowledge of each of Piedmont’s operating markets, experience in handling some of Piedmont’s largest and most complex tenants and properties, as well as negotiating complex purchase and sale agreements and mergers and acquisitions transactions, in addition to working relationships with each of Piedmont’s equity analysts. Furthermore, his extensive network of private and public pension equity investors and top-tier investment bankers is invaluable to the Company. 2022 Director Compensation Paid Mr. Smith did not receive any additional compensation for his service as director.
2024-03-14 C. Brent Smith President, Chief Executive Officer, & Director Director Since 2019 Age: 48 Mr. Smith did not receive any additional compensation for his service as director.
2025-03-21 C. Brent Smith, age 49, President and Chief Executive Officer, Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. No additional compensation for service as director in 2024.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2026-03-05