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Sachin Shah

CEO, Brookfield Wealth Solutions at Brookfield

Toronto, Canada

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Why they matter

Connor Teskey's predecessor at Brookfield Renewable. Deep emerging-markets renewables knowledge plus a current view from Brookfield's wealth-channel capital formation.

Background

CEO of Brookfield Wealth Solutions since 2022. Previously CEO of Brookfield Renewable Partners (2015–2020) and Chief Investment Officer of Brookfield Asset Management. Joined Brookfield in 2002 and spent most of his career in the renewable-power business, including positions in Canada, Brazil, and the U.S. Was named Vice Chair of Brookfield Renewable when Connor Teskey took over as CEO.

Notable deals

  • 2018
    Led Brookfield Renewable's geographic expansion into Brazil, India, and emerging markets during 2015-2020 tenure as CEO.
  • 2020
    Transitioned to BAM CIO role with renewable-power responsibilities; later moved to lead Brookfield Wealth Solutions.
  • 2024
    Continues to oversee Brookfield's renewable-power activities in private fund vehicles.

Call-prep brief

Background

Sachin ran Brookfield Renewable from 2015–2020 (the period that took it from a Canada-heavy hydro portfolio to a globally diversified platform). He's now CEO of Brookfield Wealth Solutions. Brookfield's annuity / insurance / wealth-channel arm. Which makes him an unusual cross-section of renewable knowledge and individual-investor capital formation.

What he cares about

  • Long-duration, low-volatility yield from renewable assets that fit insurance balance-sheet liabilities.
  • Wealth-channel capital formation. Democratizing access to infrastructure.
  • Emerging-markets renewables; particularly Brazil and India, where he led on the ground.

Recent moves

  • Brookfield Wealth Solutions has been rapidly scaling its annuity / retirement product reach with infra-backed cash flows.
  • Continues to be a counsel to the Renewable business on private-fund initiatives.

Sensitivities

  • He's now in the insurance / wealth seat, not the renewables seat. Frame questions accordingly.
  • Don't ask him to opine on day-to-day Brookfield Renewable strategy.

Questions to ask

  1. How does he think about insurance-balance-sheet appetite for mid-market renewable yield vs. mega-fund deals?
  2. What does the wealth-channel demand curve for infrastructure-yield products look like in 2026-2028?
  3. From his emerging-markets days: where in LatAm/India is the risk-adjusted renewables opportunity most attractive again?

Outreach draft

Subject
Insurance-balance-sheet appetite for mid-market yield
Hi Sachin, I lead energy-transition investing at [Firm]. We're exploring how mid-market renewable yield fits insurance-balance-sheet and wealth-channel allocators, and your perspective from both the BWS and your Renewable history is the rarest cross-section in the market. Would you have 20 minutes in the next six weeks? Happy to prepare specific questions ahead of time. Best regards, [Your name] [Your firm]

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