Brookfield Infrastructure Partners entered into a Master Services Agreement with
Brookfield Asset Management, a global asset management company focused on property, power and other infrastructure assets with approximately $150 billion of assets under management, 18,000 operating employees and 500 investment professionals.
Brookfield is publicly listed on the NYSE, TSX and Euronext Amsterdam under the symbol BAM, BAM.A and BAMA, respectively.
Brookfield Asset Management’s strategy, which is part of our strategy as well, is to combine best-in-class operating platforms and best-in-class transaction execution capabilities to acquire and invest in targeted assets and actively manage them to achieve superior returns on a long-term basis.
Brookfield's infrastructure team has substantial deal origination and execution expertise, having put together numerous consortiums, partnerships and joint ventures for large complex transactions. Members of this team have also been integral in building and developing Brookfield’s electricity transmission and timber platforms.
Sam is a Senior Managing Partner of Brookfield Asset Management and Chief Executive Officer of the Manager. Since 2006, Sam has led Brookfield’s expansion into the infrastructure sector and is responsible for the formulation and execution of the operating and investment strategy for Brookfield’s infrastructure business. Sam joined Brookfield Asset Management in 1994 and, prior to his current role, was broadly responsible for Brookfield’s investment initiatives acting as Brookfield Asset Management’s Chief Investment Officer. Sam is a Chartered Accountant and holds a business degree from Queen’s University.
John is a Managing Partner of Brookfield Asset Management and Chief Financial Officer of the Manager. John is responsible for financial reporting, risk management, corporate finance and overall funding activities. John is also very involved the group’s utility infrastructure business, and runs the group’s operations in the Americas. Prior to joining Brookfield, John was an investment banker working in the energy industry with responsibility for mergers and acquisitions and leveraged financings. John received his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1995 and graduated with a degree in economics from Harvard University.
Justin has overall responsibility for corporate operations across Brookfield’s infrastructure group and is responsible for transaction execution. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2007, Justin was a partner with a leading Toronto-based business law firm, where his practice focused on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions in the public capital markets and private equity transactions. Justin earned his combined MBA/LLB from York University’s Schulich School of Business and Osgoode Hall Law School.
Reid is based in Vancouver and is responsible for the timberlands management strategy at Brookfield. With over 30 years of forest industry experience, Reid’s focus is on the acquisition and management of private timberlands. Reid joined Brookfield in 2003. Since then, Brookfield Timberlands’ portfolio has grown from 310,000 acres under management to one of the largest timberland estates globally with over 2.5 million acres under management in the U.S., Canada and Brazil. Prior to joining Brookfield, Reid was a top-ranked Paper and Forest Products Research Analyst and held senior roles in the forest products sector. Reid holds a Master of Science in soil science from the University of British Columbia and is a British Columbia Registered Professional Forester.