RLJ Lodging Trust announced that Sean M. Mahoney will join the company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective August 1, 2018. Mr. Mahoney will report directly to Leslie D. Hale, the Company's incoming President and Chief Executive Officer. Mahoney recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of DiamondRock Hospitality Company from September 2008 through March 2018.

In this role, Mahoney led the finance and accounting teams, oversaw all capital markets activity, and played an active role in corporate strategy and planning, investor relations, acquisition and dispositions, and risk management. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mahoney worked in the audit practices of Arthur Andersen, KPMG and Ernst & Young.