Brookfield Asset Management, a global asset management company, has announced the appointment of Leo van den Thillart to the position of managing partner, private institutional equity,
Brookfield Asset Management, a global asset management company, has announced the appointment of Leo van den Thillart to the position of managing partner, private institutional equity, effective 1 June 2009.
In his new role van den Thillart’s responsibilities will be managing the client relationship and fund operations group, implementing fundraising strategies and managing private equity institutional relationships, which he will carry out from the company’s London offices.
Van den Thillart most recently was senior managing director and global co-head of the private funds group at Bear Stearns, JP Morgan. Prior to that he has also served as vice-chairman and executive director of Crane Capital Associates, a global private equity firm he helped co-found in London in 1997.