Member of the Risk Management Committee
Elyse Allan has served as a director of Brookfield since November 2015. Ms. Allan is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric Canada Company Inc., a digital industrial company, a position she held from 2004 to 2018, and a former Vice-President of the General Electric Company. She currently serves as vice-chair of the Ontario Health Agency, a director of MaRS Discovery District, and Chair of the Board of Advisors at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Ms. Allan is a Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute and serves on its National Advisory Board. She is a former Board member of the Conference Board of Canada and the Business Council of Canada.
Jeffrey Blidner has served as a director of Brookfield since May 2013. Mr. Blidner is Vice Chair of Brookfield and former Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield’s Private Funds Group. Mr. Blidner is also Chair of Brookfield Business Partners and Brookfield Renewable Partners and a director of Brookfield Property Partners and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Before joining Brookfield in 2000, Mr. Blidner was a senior partner at a Canadian law firm.
Member of the Audit Committee
Angela Braly has served as a director of Brookfield since May 2015. Ms. Braly is the former Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of WellPoint, Inc., a health benefits company now known as Elevance Health, Inc. She was Chair of the Board of WellPoint from 2010 to 2012 and President and Chief Executive Officer and a Board member from 2007 to 2012. Prior to that, Ms. Braly served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Public Affairs Officer of WellPoint and President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri.
Jack Cockwell has served as a director of Brookfield since September 1979. Mr. Cockwell is Chair of Brookfield Partners Foundation, was one of the founders of Partners Limited in 1995. Since 1968, he has been associated with Brookfield in numerous capacities, including as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Cockwell is a Heritage Governor of the Royal Ontario Museum, Chair of the Toronto Metropolitan University Real Estate Advisory Committee and a member of its Board of Governors. He has also served on the board of Clarios International L.P. (a Brookfield affiliate) since June 2019.
Bruce Flatt has served as a director of Brookfield since April 2001. Mr. Flatt joined Brookfield in 1990 and became Chief Executive Officer in 2002. Mr. Flatt has been on more than 20 public company boards over the past three decades but does not currently sit on any external corporate boards.
Chair and Designated Financial Expert of the Audit Committee
Janice Fukakusa has served as a director of Brookfield since June 2020. Ms. Fukakusa, is the former Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Royal Bank of Canada, a financial institution, where she served in various senior positions during her over 30-year tenure. She currently serves as the Board Chair for The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, Japanese Canadian Cultural Center Foundation and is Chancellor of the Toronto Metropolitan University. Ms. Fukakusa was founding Chair of Canadian Infrastructure Bank, a Crown Corporation.
Ms. Fukakusa is a Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant, who currently serves on the audit committee of three other public companies, in addition to her service on Brookfield’s Audit Committee. Given Ms. Fukakusa’ s previous CFO and CAO experience coupled with her professional training, the Board has determined that her simultaneous service on the audit committees of three other public companies will not impair her ability to effectively serve on Brookfield’s Audit Committee and shareholders would benefit from her expertise.
Chair of the Risk Management Committee
Member of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee
Maureen Kempston Darkes has served as a director of Brookfield since April 2008. Ms. Kempston Darkes is the retired Group Vice President and President, Latin America, Africa and Middle East of General Motors. She was appointed to the Government of Canada’s Science, Technology & Innovation Council in 2013. In 2000, Ms. Kempston Darkes was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Brian Lawson has served as a director of Brookfield since June 2018. Mr. Lawson is Vice Chair of Brookfield. On behalf of Brookfield, Mr. Lawson serves as the Chair of the board of directors of TerraForm Power, Inc., a U.S.-based solar and wind power company. Since joining Brookfield in 1988, Mr. Lawson held a number of senior management positions in the firm’s investment and finance operations including serving as Chief Financial Officer of Brookfield Asset Management from 2002 to 2020.
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee.
Rafael Miranda has served as a director of Brookfield since June 2017. Mr. Miranda is the retired Chief Executive Officer of Endesa, S.A., the largest electric utility company in Spain, where he served as Managing Director from 1987 to 1997 and as Chief Executive Officer from 1987 to 2009. Mr. Miranda is Honorary Chairman of Eurelectric, the European Electricity Association, and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Acerinox, S.A., a Spanish stainless steel manufacturing conglomerate.
Chair of the Board of Directors
Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee
Frank McKenna has served as director of Brookfield since August 2006 and Chair of its Board of Directors, since August 2010. Mr. McKenna is also Deputy Chair of TD Bank Group, a position he has held since 2006. He currently serves as Chair of the compensation committee for Canadian Natural Resources Limited’s Board of Directors.
Howard Marks has served as a director of Brookfield since February 2020. Mr. Marks is the Co-Chair of Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., a global alternative asset manager. Since the formation of Oaktree in 1995, Mr. Marks has been responsible for ensuring the firm’s adherence to its core investment philosophy, communicating closely with clients and corporate direction. Mr. Marks also serves as Trustee and Chairman of the Investment Committee at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is a member of the Investment Committee of the Royal Drawing School and is a Professor of Practice at King’s Business School. He serves on the Shanghai International Financial Advisory Council and the Advisory Board of Duke Kunshan University.
Lord Gus O’Donnell has served as a director of Brookfield since May 2013. Lord O’Donnell is currently the Chairman of Frontier Economics, a microeconomics consultancy, and a senior advisor to Brookfield in Europe. He served as the Cabinet Secretary and head of the British Civil Service between 2005 and 2011. Prior to this, Lord O’Donnell served as the Permanent Secretary of the U.K. Treasury from 2002 to 2005. Lord O’Donnell became a member of the House of Lords in 2012 and was Chair of Public Interest Board of PwC (UK) from 2015 to 2019.
Member of the Governance & Nominating Committee
Member of the Risk Management Committee
Hutham S. Olayan has served as a director of Brookfield since January 2021. Ms. Olayan is Chair of the Corporate Board of The Olayan Group, a multinational investment enterprise. She has served as a director of The Olayan Group since 1981. Ms. Olayan serves on the boards of the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center among other private and public memberships. Ms. Olayan is Trustee Emeritus of the American University of Beirut, a member of AUB’s International Advisory Council and the Stanford University Global Advisory Council.
Chair of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee
Member of the Governance and Nominating Committee
Diana Taylor has served as a director of Brookfield since May 2012. Ms. Taylor worked in private equity with Wolfensohn & Co. and Solera Capital LLC. She previously served as the Superintendent of Banks for the State of New York, Deputy Secretary to the Governor of New York and Chief Financial Officer for the Long Island Power Authority.