Partner and Head of Strategy, Product & Growth
and access,
Melissa is a Partner in our New York office. She oversees the strategy, investor solutions, brand, marketing and communications portfolios. She has over 15 years of private markets experience across asset classes including infrastructure, real assets, private equity and credit on behalf of both institutional and private wealth clients. Throughout her career, she has developed strategies for new investment platforms, and launched several fund products across multiple asset classes. Melissa was most recently Senior Vice President and Head of Product Strategy and Client Solutions at Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions in New York. Prior to that she was Brookfield’s Head of Infrastructure Project Management. In these roles she developed fundraising strategies and investment vehicles to access capital in several of Brookfield’s growth areas. Before Brookfield, she was an Executive Director and Infrastructure Fund Portfolio Specialist at Morgan Stanley, where she managed a diverse investor portfolio representing major pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, and high-net-worth individuals. She joined Morgan Stanley in 2004, following eight years at BNP Paribas and five years at Credit Suisse in FX Sales and Trading. Melissa is a Steering Committee member of the NYC Chapter of the Women’s Infrastructure Network.