Joseph Freedman

Joe Freedman is a private equity investor and corporate director with more than 25 years of industry experience. His most recent experience includes 18 years at Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world’s leading private equity and alternative asset management firms.

Over his career at Brookfield, Mr. Freedman has held a number of positions including Vice Chair of Private Equity, General Counsel, and the partner responsible for M&A transaction execution, fund formation, and fund operations. Prior to joining Brookfield, he was a lawyer in the corporate finance group at a Toronto law firm, specializing in private equity transactions and public company mergers and acquisitions.

Now retired from Brookfield, Mr. Freedman is a director of several private and public companies and non-profit organizations including Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (TSX:BRE) and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Mr. Freedman holds a joint MBA\LL.B from the Schulich School of Business at York University and Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.