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Connor Teskey

CEO, Brookfield Asset Management at Brookfield

Toronto, Canada

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Why they matter

The single most credible energy-transition fund-manager voice globally; now running the entire $1T+ Brookfield Asset Management platform.

Background

CEO of Brookfield Asset Management since 2026. Previously CEO of Brookfield Renewable Partners (2020–2025) and President of Brookfield Asset Management. Joined Brookfield in 2012. Led the firm's renewable-power business through a period of ~5x growth in operating capacity and key transactions including the Westinghouse acquisition. Considered Bruce Flatt's heir-apparent for Brookfield's overall asset-management leadership.

Notable deals

  • 2024
    Led Brookfield Renewable through ~5x growth in operating capacity (2020–2024), one of the most aggressive build-outs in the sector.
  • 2026
    Became CEO of Brookfield Asset Management.
  • 2022
    Drove the formation of Brookfield's Global Transition Fund, one of the largest dedicated energy-transition funds in market.

Call-prep brief

Background

Connor was the architect of Brookfield Renewable's modern era and is now CEO of Brookfield Asset Management. One of the world's largest alternative-asset managers. He has more capital-deployment fingerprints in renewables than almost any other living investor.

What he cares about

  • Decarbonization-of-anything plays. Brookfield's Global Transition Fund explicitly funds emissions reduction at incumbents.
  • Repowering and asset optimization of existing renewable fleets, not just greenfield.
  • Industrial-customer corporate PPAs as a growth engine.

Recent moves

  • CEO transition at BAM (January 2026); now responsible for the firm's entire alternative-asset platform.
  • Brookfield-led consortium continues to bid on large utility-scale and transition assets.

Sensitivities

  • Massively time-constrained as new BAM CEO. Tight, specific asks only.
  • Don't position [Firm] as competing with Brookfield Renewable; position as a downstream / mid-market complement.

Questions to ask

  1. How is the Global Transition Fund's mandate evolving now that Brookfield Renewable focuses on the bigger, lower-risk assets?
  2. Which subsectors of the energy transition does he believe are best served by mid-market specialists vs. mega-funds?
  3. What is Brookfield's view on the durability of corporate PPA pricing over 2026-2030?

Outreach draft

Subject
Energy-transition mid-market: would value your read
Hi Connor, I lead energy-transition investing at [Firm]. We're sizing our mid-market positioning around (not against) the platforms Brookfield's Global Transition and Renewable funds compete in. Your view on where mid-market specialists are genuinely complementary would be enormously useful as we shape the next vintage. Would 20 minutes work in the next six weeks? Entirely on your schedule. Best regards, [Your name] [Your firm]

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