Brookfield Appoints Vice Chair, Head of Financial Infrastructure

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., a global alternative asset manager with $850 billion in assets under management, appointed Sir Ron Kalifa as vice chair and head of financial infrastructure investments.

Kalifa has over two decades of building and transforming businesses in the global payments space, and as a non-executive director of the Bank of England’s Court of Directors.

Previously, he served as CEO of Worldpay, a global payments platform, for over 10 years, overseeing its divestment into private equity ownership and subsequently to IPO.

With investments and commitments in financial infrastructure companies worth approximately $5 billion, including companies such as Network International and Magnati, Brookfield says Kalifa’s appointment will allow it to “increase our footprint in this critical area of focus.”

As part of its financial infrastructure strategy, the firm aims to identify opportunities in digital assets and services that contribute to global finance – seeking “mature, high-quality” companies and helping to grow their business.

Kalifa is currently chairman of Network International, senior independent director on the Court of Directors of the Bank of England, and member of the Council of Imperial College, London.