Brookfield Asset Management has appointed Chris Harris as client relations manager for the private funds group.
Harris will be responsible for Brookfield’s relationships with investors in the western US.
Prior to his appointment, Harris served a director in the private placement team at Macquarie Capital for three years, working on development of new funds and overseeing client investments in real estate, private equity and infrastructure.
Before that, he spent two years as director of institutional marketing at Citi Property Investors.
“We are delighted to welcome Chris as a senior member of our global relationship team,” says Leo van den Thillart, managing partner in Brookfield’s private funds group. “His deep understanding of essential assets such as infrastructure and real estate, his experience as a fund trustee and his strong ties to institutional investors in the US market will help Brookfield expand our best-in-class portfolio of private funds.”
Harris will be based in San Francisco.